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for Beginners ·Franco Masetti & Roberto Messa
Franco Masetti and Roberto Messa
1001 chess exerc1ses for beginners •
The tactics workbook that explains the basic concepts, too
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English edition published by New In Chess, Alkmaar, The Netherlands www.newinchess.com 1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners Translated from 1001 Esercizi per Principianti This edition is published by arrangement with Le Due Torri - Chess Department Store - Italy- www.chess.it
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Mate in one
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Mate in two
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The missing piece Double attack
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Discovered attack Discovered check Double check Pin
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Skewer
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Deflection
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Decoy sacrifice Pawn promotion Drawing tactics
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Mixed motifs: Black Mate in three Mate in four Curiosities
Glossary
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Chess is 99% tactics! If this celebrated observation is true for the master, how much more so for the beginner and club player. By far and away, the quickest and most effective way to improve your chess performance is to increase your tactical skill so that at a glance you are able to see the typical mating patterns and material-winning tactical motifs that so often decide a game. There is no doubt that the best way to acquire good tactical vision is to do exercises that teach you to
recognise
the
tactical
building
blocks
that
make
up
every
combination. This book focuses on the crucial positions that every chess player must know.
It cannot be stressed enough that a knowledge of
strategy is of little use if you have not first mastered the fundamentals of tactics. This book starts with hundreds of essential mating positions that train immediate visual recognition; first there are the easier mate in one or two move exercises; then there are exercises for various crucial tactical motifs that must be mastered by any aspiring chess player; these are followed by more demanding positions where these various motifs are often combined. While the easier problems can be solved without a chess board, we suggest that for the more difficult ones you set up the positions on a board and try to find the solution as if you were playing a real game. You should therefore not touch or move the pieces before having made your decision, perhaps writing down the possible variations before you check the solutions at the back of the book. The introductions to each chapter are particularly instructive. It is here that we explain the ideas behind crucial tactical motifs such as double attack, the pin and skewer, as well as pawn promotion, drawing techniques, etc. This book is intended not only for personal use, but also as a course text book. We have thus consulted leading teachers and masters with extensive training experience working in chess academies and club courses so as to best identify the most productive positions and exercises to use.
Franco Masetti and Roberto Messa
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White to move and mate in one Solutions on page 125
1
2
The pin is mightier than the sword 4
3
6
5
a
b
c
d
e
ILl and E1 in partnership
i1. and E1 make a winning team
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Nice and simple 7
Only one of several checks is mate
Also here
Another lethal pin 8
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Softly, softly
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Pawn power
Mate in one 12
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10
Less i s more
The bishop and knight team up
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No en passant
One check i s bad enough
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This i s more recent
A mate from the past
Her Majesty checkmates 21
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Double check
Sacrificing the queen for mate 17
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Nothing fancy
Three ways to mate
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The historic Arabian mate
Mate in one 24
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A mate by... Anderssen 25
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Power along the rank
A n opening tactic 28
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Ruling the ranks 31
The king has strayed too far
Castle early, castle often
Two ways to mate
Black regrets not castling 30
By no means a draw 32
The queen and knight unite 33
Black didn't develop
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GMs get mated too
Mate in one 34
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a
A 2 006 mate
The right piece for the job?
Bishops rule
TheE\ and liJ gang up on the king
It is nice t o discover there's mate
A deadly pin
e
Cornered
Double trouble
Two ways to end the game 45
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d
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c
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b
White's pieces are more active
Once again the king is exposed
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An enterprising pawn
Mate in one 46
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B • B!.Bs
lj.-.-raa: •:a
a • •• • 84 � ·�· D • • -��2 lj ••• a b c d e l g h
5
3
Mighty knights 49
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A devastating discovered attack 52
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The attacker wins 53
Diagonal domination 55
Another king stuck in the centre 54
A king in the centre succumbs 56
Another deadly discovery
Better not to exchange
The king is too closely guarded 57
A tactical motif decides the day
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Here too
Mate in two White to move and mate in two Solutions on page 125
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Back rank basics 61
The open file is a fatal weakness 62
Yet again 64
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Smothered mate
Deadly diagonal 66
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Opening lines: a rank
Getting the king where you want it
Opening lines: a file
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Opening lines: a file
Mate in two 67
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Opening lines: a file 70
g? or elsewhere?
Fatal attraction 72
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Watch your back... rank 73
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Deflection unpins
Deflection or closing a line? 78
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Domination o f diagonal and file
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Two cannons on the ranks 75
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A discovery for starters 76
Here too
d
Also here
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Mate in two 79
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All comes to he who waits
Two ways t o d o it 82
Deadly pin
Black must move
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Again, two fearsome knights 88
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c
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e
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Arabian mate
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Good knight to the king
Zigzag 89
b
Heroic knights
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Greco's mate
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The rook will mate
Mate in two 91
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Boden's mate
Another Boden's
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Setting up mate 96
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N o defence
How to promote?
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Double check to start things off 99
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Removing the defender
Here too
I need a vacation
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Overloaded
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A quiet move
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What's preventing me?
Mate in two 105
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One... two... KO
A king and a commoner
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Also here
Opening lines: a file
Opening lines: a file
Removing the defender 1 14
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Deflection
Now a quiet one
A novel manoeuvre 109
Two bishops vs two knights
Opening lines: a rank
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Decoy sacrifice
Mate in two 115
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Once again a decoy 1 18
Check then mate 1 19
A marvelous manoeuvre 121
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Invite everyone to the party
Opening lines: diagonals
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The king is cramped 1 24
Decoy sac and discovered attack 125
Clearing a path
The queen does its duty 1 26
Have a nice knight
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One more decoy sacrifice
Mate i n two
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b
a
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128
c
d
e
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g
h
White is more active
Decoy and double check
A king with nowhere to go 132
135
1 34
133
Just a little bit closer
d2 or e5?
Back rank weakness
The second check will b e mate 138
1 37
136
Step this way please
With a little support
An Arabian mate looms
Two checks do the trick
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Removing the defender
Mate in two 141
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The knight mates
Deflecting the defender
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A wily waiting move 145
The queen will dominate
From g8 or h2?
Decisions! Decisions! d6 or c7 ? 147
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Deflection and opening a file 148
Nothing could be simpler
How to advance?
Opening lines: a file 1 50
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Mate on the eighth
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Making way
Mate in two 151
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The black king has strayed 1 54
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The defender abandons his post 155
Knight strike 1 57
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Decoy and discovered attack 161
Vacating a square
How to unpin the rook?
A recurring motif: a decoy sacrifice 158
Removing an escape square
One rook is sufficient
Double check creates a pathway 162
Discovered attack clears the way
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Discovered attack and decoy
Mate in two 16 5
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a
Decoy sacrifice 166
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c
d
e
I
g
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A short reign for the queen
Bishop and rook
A fatal file
No escape 174
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Clearing a file
No need for anything flashy 17 1
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Deflection 168
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Also here
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Anything for mate
First a double check
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Mate in two 175
a
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b
c
d
e
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Deflection 178
b
c
d
e
9
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b 6 i s the weak point
Promotion!
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Clearing the rank
1 80
Mate on the eigth
Correct promotion
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9 Three motifs 1 84
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d
e
h
The king is trapped
Getting the king where you want it
The knight delivers
No defence
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Mate on the back rank
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In these valuable exercises you have to place a piece on the board so as to create checkmate or a winning position. These exercises are more than just good fun; they improve pattern recognition, visualisation and creativity as well. Solutions on page 127
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Add a knight and it's mate 1 90
Add a bishop and it's mate
188
Add a knight and it's mate
Add a knight and it's mate 192
191
Add a bishop and it's mate
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Add a bishop and it's mate
The missing piece 195
193
Add a bishop and it's mate 196
Add a rook and it's mate 199
Add a bishop and it's mate 198
1 97
Add a rook and it's mate
20 1
200
Add a pawn and it's mate 202
Add a rook and it's mate
Add a rook and it's mate
Add a bishop and it's mate 204
203
Add a queen and it's mate
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Add a bishop and it's mate
The missing piece 205
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Add a bishop and it's mate 210
208
g
h
Add a queen and it's mate
Add a knight and it's mate
213
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211
Add a knight and it's mate
Add a rook and it's mate
g
Add a bishop and win
Add a rook and it's mate 216
215
214
Add a rook and it's mate
h
Add a knight and win
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Add a rook and win
White to move Solutions on page 127
So far we have looked at lots and lots of mating positions. This is clearly
White has just played 1. l:'i:dS, creating a double attack on the
logical as delivering checkmate is the
bishop and knight. One of the two pieces will be captured on the next move.
objective of the game. However, checkmate is much easier to achieve when we have an advantage in material, namely more pieces. Combinations of tactical motifs that force a gain in material occur in
We have already noted that a double attack is very often impossible to meet. However, this is not always the case; in certain positions a fleeing
virtually every game, and the most important of these motifs are based on some kind of double attack .
piece can protect another.
However, double attack is most commonly used to describe a position in which one piece attacks two undefended pieces simultaneously and only one of those threatened pieces is able to save itself. It goes without saying that it is rare that in a single move one's opponent can save or protect two attacked pieces. Let's look at an example.
In this position, which is almost identical to the preceding one, Black can save both pieces with the simple move 1 . . . ii.d7. There is also the 'double threat' motif, which arises when at least one of our attacks does not involve the threat of material gain, but instead another type of threat such as checkmate.
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Double attack
This example teaches us that before making a double attack we have to make sure that our opponent does not have tactical resources of his own. All the pieces can create a double attack, including the king and the pawn. Perhaps the most dangerous is the knight; its unusual way of moving
In this position White plays 1. �e4!, simultaneously threatening checkmate
allows it to attack two pieces without being attacked itself and renders its
with 2. �xh7 and the capture of the
movements more visually difficult to anticipate!
rook on aS. Black has no choice but to defend his king, leaving the poor rook to its fate.
A double attack by a pawn or a knight is usually called a 'fork'.
In the following example the position of the white king allows a most unpleasant surprise! Black has the luxury of choosing between two moves that not only save both his threatened pieces, but which also win the white rook.
In this position White will win one of the two rooks by playing 1. e4. A classic pawn fork! As mentioned before, a double attack in the broadest sense is central to most of the tactical motifs
In reply to White's double attack, Black can play either 1... �c6, 'pinning' the rook to the king, or launch his own double attack with 1 ... l2le3+!
discussed in the following chapters; for example, a discovery is no more than a sophisticated form of double attack.
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Double attack 219
217
Nasty pin
221
Loose pieces drop off
222
Black was a World Chamipion! 224
223
One move with two objectives
Simple chess
Two more loose pieces 225
The same idea 227
226
A simple double threat
This won't take you long
A pawn provides the answer 228
Check then a double attack
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This is trickier
Double attack 229
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230
8 7 6 5 4 3 2
a
c
g
A pawn for a piece
Objective: undefended pieces 232
e
234
233
Temporary sacrifice
An unpleasant choice to make
The eighth 238
His or Her Majesty?
Look out for loose pieces 240
239
Make mine a double
Protectors in close proximity 237
236
235
A pawn is a pawn
The knight on the rim is grim
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Sweet and simple
Double attack 241
242
The back rank i s the key
243
You gain a rook 245
244
247
246
A winning discovery
Nice and simple
Discovery and double attack 251
250
Fifth rank
Something unexpected 249
248
Two targets
A long move
All the ingredients are there 252
If only the king were...
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Two bishops in danger
White to move Solutions on page 128
A discovered attack is a form of
opponent does not surprise us with an 'acrobatic' defence.
double attack where one piece moves to attack another, unmasking an attack by a second piece.
In the example above White can play 1. lt:Jd2, with a discovered attack In the above position, the knight
that threatens both queen and rook.
can jump to d4, unleashing an attack
However, the strong reply of 1. . Wc6! .
on the black queen. Black is forced to
solves Black's problems; thanks to
choose the lesser of two evils, and
the threat of mate on g2, Black has
accept the loss of the bishop on fS.
sufficient time to save the rook, for example: 2. e4 l::lxc3.
As always, things do not necessarily
Yet another example of how time
work out as we plan, and we must
and geometry are the fundamental
always
building blocks of chess tactics.
check
carefully
that
our
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Discovered attack 255
254
253
One small step 256
Discovery then double attack
A most unpleasant choice
Freeing the diagonal
A couple of checks 261
260
The long diagonal is weak 262
258
257
Discovery then double attack 259
How to advance the pawn?
The queen is a goner
This is a classic 264
263
Double trouble
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The queen or smothered mate
D iscovered attack 265
267
c
Discovery and pin
d
e
White is on top
268
The king looks vulnerable 270
269 8 /---�m"Z'i//"=',,77:"'''=/""'�d
7 6 5 4 3 2
Winning attack 271
Won endgame 272
Immediate victory 2 74
Black's pieces are badly placed
Discovery o n the queen 273
The back rank
An intermediate exercise 275
276
A n elegant double threat
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Mating attack
White to move Solutions on page 128
A discovered check occurs when the
In defending his king, White unleashes a discovered check: 1. l"i:bl!
target of the unmasked piece in a discovered attack is none other than His Majesty himself. As a result they
. . . which is indeed checkmate! The last example is as instructive as
are particulary dangerous.
it is entertaining.
White plays 1. ti:JgS+ with a discovered check, picking up the queen on the
1. l"i:xbS+ �a7 2. l"i:b7+ �a8
next move.
The poor black king is forced back
The following examples will give you a even better idea of the devastating
to the critical square.
power of a discovered check .
l"i:h7+ mb8 6. l"i:xhS
3. l"i:xb4+ �a7 4. l"i:b7+ ma8 5. This series of discovered checks concludes with the capture of a good three pieces. This nightmare form of deja vu is called a 'windmill'. Though infrequent, it is one of the most delightful of all tactical motifs.
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Discovered check 277
278
Simple does it 280
279
Also here 281
I can check too 283
282
Not s o hard
Decoy and discovered check
Unpin to win
Winning the rook 284
286
One little check
285
White to move and win 287
Deflection and discovered check 288
Surprisingly frequent
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Clearing the diagonal
Discovered check 289
290
A beautiful combination
294
293
Out o f the blue
First you have t o prepare
295
296
b
c
d
e
f
Nice and quick
A stylish mate
292
a
291
g
297
h
Deflection and discovered check 298
A n overloaded knight 299
How t o prevent mate?
Two shattering checks
Gaining a knight 300
Turning the corner
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Mate in 3to finish things off
White to move Solutions on page 129
Double check is a type of discovered
controlled
by
the
two
attacking
check where one piece moves to give
pieces. It is amusing to note that both
check and uncovers another piece
the checking pieces are hanging, but
that also attacks the king. Needless
because of the power of a double
to say this is a bombshell and two out
check they are immune from capture.
of
the
three
possible
ways
of
defending the king no longer apply: it
The following diagram shows the
is not possible to interpose with a
superiority of a double check compared
piece,
to a normal discovered check.
as check arrives from two
directions; you cannot capture the checking piece because there are two of them. The only remaining hope is to move the king to a safe square, presuming there is one . . .
Black, with an enormous material advantage, hopes to finish things off immediately with
1...
li:Jc4+ ?.
This
would be a grave error, as White can reply with a double check: 2. li:JcS+ In the above position White ends the
'it>c8 (Black cannot capture either the
game with the killing 1 . �c6#.
queen on b2 or the knight on cS due
The king's two escape squares are
to the double check) 3. 'W'h8#
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Double check 301
303
302
A famous mate i n three 304
A nicely composed mate 307
The end of the Evergreen Game
3 10
Decoy and double check
306
305
A devastating double check
Double check and mate 309
308
The bishop for a double check
A king stuck in the middle...
A winning attack
2 rooks for a bishop 312
311
Just a few more moves
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From all directions
Double check 313
3 14
A smooth mate i n five 3 16
315
Check, check, mate
Rampaging rook
3 17
The knight is the star
Mate in two 3 19
321
320
Mate in three
Decoy sacrifice
322
Black didn't expect this 324
d
e
F-file
f
Seen before. . . but improved
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Black threatens mate on a 1
White to move Solutions on page 129
When a piece is on the same line of
pieces is an optical illusion.
attack as its king, it cannot move. It is
'pinned'. In the following position
the black rook is pinned by the white bishop and cannot avoid capture.
However,
their presence makes
seeing the mating move 1. iWh6# much more difficult to see. Black can try to limit the loss of material by playing 1... �c6, after which White should not be hasty: if he contents himself with winning the exchange with 2. .ixdS+? �xdS he will achieve no more than a draw; whereas if he piles on the pressure with 2. c4!, he will win the rook for nothing on the following move.
The rook cannot
As with all tactical ideas it is always
escape because of the paralysing pin.
necessary to anticipate your opponent's
The pin is a very common tactical
reply. In the example above, White
motif that can often lead to a gain in
has
material or mate itself. In
the
following
just
played
1.
Ei:g4,
taking
advantage of the pin to win the position
the
knight,
'protection' of the king by Black's
but after
1.
.ihS, White's
smile will become a frown as he
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Pin
In the above position the knight on
realises his rook is now itself pinned,
c6 is pinned to the king by the white
with a won game for Black!
bishop and at the same time it is
When a piece is pinned to the king,
attacked by the pawn on dS.
we have an absolute pin. If the piece
At first glance the knight looks
is pinned to any other piece, this is
doomed. However, Black has a typical
called a relative pin, as it is always
unpinning
possible that it may be opportune for
disposal:
the pinned piece to move and leave
manoeuvre
at
this
1 . . . a6! 2. �a4 (the only
move that maintains White's threat;
the formerly shielded piece to its fate.
the alternatives 2. �xc6+ bxc6 and 2. dxc6 axbS gain nothing) 2 .. . bS!. By continuing to harass the white bishop, Black has neutralised the pin; after 3. dxc6 bxa4 or 3. �b3 Ci:JaS etc, the position remains balanced. This example teaches us that in the opening a pinned knight on c6 or f6 (c3 or f3 for White) is not something
In this well known opening variation,
to be overly afraid of. It is only in
it would appear that White can win the
some cases that it is advisable to
d pawn, exploiting the fact that the
prevent the pin with h6 or a6; in
knight on f6 is pinned to the queen. In
many others the prophylactic pawn
fact, 1. Ci:JxdS? is a blunder, as Black
move is a useless waste of time that
can reply 1... Ci:Jxd5!; and after 2. �xd8
creates a potential target.
�b4+! 3. Wd2 �xd2+ 4. �xd2 �xd8,
Often, Black can safely respond to
White finds himself down a piece.
the pinning move �gS by playing
Even with an absolute pin, there
�e7; otherwise, but only after the
are times when the defender can free
arrival
himself from what appears to be a
choose
devastating pin.
White's bishop with h6.
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of the bishop, to
'put
the
Black may question'
to
Pin 325
326
Let's get started 328
327
This won't take you long 330
329
332
A pawn for a piece 3 34
333
A piece up for grabs
White's pinned queen looks a goner 335
The pin provides a fork
Time to get close
Apparent defence
Forget about e n passant! 331
In one
336
Loose pieces...
49
Absolute and relative
Pin 337
338
This i s a classic 340
339
A pin and something i n between 341
H e who pins last. .. 342
Opening lines
Let's go back a little 343
345
344
a
b
c
d
e
g Immediate victory
A pin and deflection 347
346
348
a
Pinned protector
No more pin
50
b
c
d
e
I
g
Did you read the intro?
h
Pin 351
350
349
The e-file is the key
This is pretty
354
352
A paralysing move
A pinned pawn
Two pins
357
355
Two �·s will mate a lone king
A pin and deflection 359
Killer cross pin
An undefended queen
51
A composed pin
White to move Solutions on page 130
On closer examination a skewer is
The skewer is no exception.
also a double attack. This is due its x ray nature; when a more valuable piece moves out of the way of an attack, the attack continues through to a less valuable one. Only long-range pieces can skewer, namely the queen, rook and bishop.
King and knight
skewers do not exist. As always, a diagram is worth a thousand words.
White skewers the king with
1.
J.g2+, but if Black were to play the prudent defence 1 . . . mc4, capturing the rook on b7 would be a fatal error. Instead, White must make a move to parry the threat of 2 . . . :gas#. This gives Black time to save the rook, with a winning material and positional advantage. Never underestimate your opponent's defensive resources! By playing 1 . J.h3+, White wins the queen. As mentioned before, our enthusiasm for a possible tactical opportunity can blind us to a possible defence by our adversary.
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Skewer 363
362
361
Arriving first but...
Straightforward
366
364
a
Forced rearrangment 367
b
c
d
e
I
g
h
Profit from a pin
King and queen alignment 369
368
Lineup
Making it happen 370
Reducing Black's options
372
371
Exploiting a square
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White's pawn is pinned
Skewer 373
375
374
a
b
c
d
e
I
g
h
Immediate return on investment 376
377
378
A draw?
One small step 379
380
Decoy and skewer 382
381
First and foremost 3 84
383
Loose pieces...
Another decoy and skewer
Materially minded
55
White to move Solutions on page 13 1
Deflection is a tactical motif whose objective is to force a piece away from the defence of another piece or a key square.
With the spectacular 1 . Ei:e8!!, White initiates a combination that includes deflection and a pin; Black has no choice but to part with his rook to avoid checkmate. The black queen guards the h4 square,
which is a role of
The plight of the black queen is
vital
miserable:
if 1... Wb6, there is 2.
importance as from this square the
Wg7#
white queen can force checkmate. By
will be met by 2. Wf6+ followed by
making a deflection sacrifice, White
mate; afterl . .. Wd4 (the only move
can put his queen on this key square:
that parries all the mating threats,
1. Ei:c8! Wxc8 (the black queen cannot
(the g8 Ei: is pinned); 1 . . . Wc7
but leaves the b8Ei: undefended), there
continue to guard h4, as the squares
is 2. Ei:3xg8+ ii.xg8 3. Ei:xb8 and White
e7, f6 and gS are all under White's
has a decisive advantage: the double
control) 2. Wh4+ mg8 3. Wh7#
attack 3... WeS+ fails because of 4. f4 (4 . . . Wxb8 is answered by 5. Wf 6#) .
Deflection, like all tactical motifs,
The chess term for describing a
can be combined with other elements,
piece that has more defensive tasks
as illustrated in the following position.
than it can cope with is 'overloaded'.
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Deflection 387
386
Keep it simple 388
Deflection and skewer 390
389
f5 is the key 391
Elegant and effective
The objective: f8! 394
393
392
The right rook
Exchange sacrifice and deflection 396
395
The h-file
58
Weakness on c6
Deflection 397
a
398
b
c
d
e
g
h
a
Double deflection & back rank mate
399
b
c
d
g
e
Mate in 3
Let the man through
401
400
Composed deflection 403
402
Surprisingly effective
One step forward 404
405
A forceful knight
This is nice 406
407
408
f
A king has walked into danger
g
h
The black queen is overloaded
59
h4 holds the answer
White to play Solutions on page 13 1
We should always be on the lookout
another tactical motif; i n o u r first
for a sacrifice that draws an opponen
example it is a fork, in the second a
t's piece onto a critical square. A decoy sacrifice's objective could be to deliver checkmate or to win material. Let's look at a combination that fini
pin.
shes with mate; the first step is an ini tial sacrifice to clear the g6 square; then a decoy sacrifice to drag the black king onto f8 and then the bishop and rook quickly finish off the defenceless king. 1. f7+! (a pawn fork that forces ei ther the king or queen onto f7, allo wing a devastating knight fork) 1 . . . Wxf7 2. l2lh6+; otherwise 1 . . . mxf7 2. l2ld6+ and White wins easily. 8 7 6
1 . l2lf6+ ! gxf6 (not accepting the sa
5
crifice leads to immediate mate) 2.
4
Wf8+! (the decoy sacrifice) 2 . . . 'tt>xf8 3.
3 2
.th6+ 'tt>g8 4. :!::\e 8# In the following positions the decoy As always, in the following two exam
1 .td4 Wxd4 (the pinned queen can not escape its fate) 2. l2lb5+ and Whi
ples the decoy sacrifice is followed by
te wins.
sacrifices result in a gain in material;
.
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Decoy sacrifice 409
410
Decoy and fork
Please come this way 412
Mate in 2 414
41 3
Double decoy 415
a
417
416
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
Mate in 5 418
Two pinned knights 420
419
Better development
This may take you a while
62
Decoy sacrifice 421
423
Prepare to reposition your rook 424
425
427
Deflection and decoy 426
Little big man
Sprightly knights
Gaining a tempo
This is special!
428
Black looks solid... 430
431
a
The most famous decoy sacrifice
432
b
c
d
e
g
Spectacular sacrifice
63
h
Get him where you want him
White to move Solutions on page 132
The
march
a
pawn
makes
to
promote, either to become a queen or
In the endgame, tactics related to promotion many times involve a
another piece, involves a wide variety of positions of tactical interest. These
pawn being 'outside the square', thus beyond the king's reach.
usually occur in the endgame, when the fewer pieces on the board often have difficulty stopping the progress of an ambitious pawn; however, promotion related tactics can also occur much earlier in the game.
In the above position, for example, the king is still in the square of the b4 pawn (i.e. the square whose corners are b4, b8,f4 and f8) . However, White can create an obstacle on the black king's path: 1. d6! exd6 2. bS lt>eS 3. In this position White can play a
b6 and no matter what Black plays 4.
combination so that his advanced pawn can promote: 1 . WeB+ ®h7 2. Wxe6! fxe6 3. f7 h3 (Black plays his last card; indeed, if White now
b7 is unstoppable and White wins. White's pawn sacrifice blocks the f4-b8 diagonal and the black king was unable to remain within the square of the passed pawn as it marched towards promotion.
continues with 4. f8='W??, there is mate from h2); instead, 4.f8=ltJ+! Wg7 5. ltJxg6 lt>xg6 and White wins. Though promoting to a knight is
Even when there are still pieces in play, the rule of the square may create surprises, as with the following game,
rare, it occurs more than one would imagine.
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Promotion
in which former World Champion
wins with 2 . b7) 2 . a7! l::\xa7 (again
Mikhail Tal was characteristically quick
necessary to prevent 3. a8=W) 3.
to exploit a tactical opportunity.
l::\g7+ followed by 4. l::lxa7.
White had to deal with the threat of
The last example shows the themes
1 .. . h2 followed by 2. . . We4+ and then
of pawn promotion and deflection in
promotion on hl . He thus played 1 .
tandem.
Wf3?, thinking that after an exchange of queens his king would still be within the square of the h3 pawn. However, Tal saw deeper than that and played 1 . . .
Wxf3+! ; and after 2.
'kt>xf3 tt:le3! , White had no choice but to resign, as the knight move makes the prevention of 3. . . h2 and subsequent promotion impossible. Pawn promotion can involve many different
tactical
motifs.
In
The promotion of Black's passed
the
pawn seems to have been successfuly
following position White uses the
prevented by White. Then came the
threat of promotion to win a rook by
rude shock of 1 . .. l::le 1 + ! 2.
means of a skewer.
l::lxe 1
Wd4+! (deflecting the queen from the
Things get started with a sacrifice:
b4-e1 diagonal) 3. Wxd4 dxe1 =W#
1 . b6! cxb6 (forced; otherwise White
66
Promotion 433
435
434
Keep it simple
Nothing automatic 437
436
A pin 439
438
What's the hurry? 440
Mate in 19! 442
Let me repeat that 441
A pointless promotion
Black wants it to be theoretical 443
Getting ahead
Counter-instinctive
444
Mate in 4
67
Plan B
Promotion 445
447
446
448
450
449
453
452
b
c
d
e
Mr Tal does i t again
Promotion time
Choose wisely
a
An easy win
Pawn broker
e8 or f8!
f
Unassisted
Black wasn't expecting this
456
455
g
Worth remembering
How t o prevent promotion?
h
White's queen i s threatened
68
Target a8
Promotion 457
458
459
Distant passed pawns
Mate in 4
460
Which is the problem piece?
461
Out of the square?
462
Pin and mate
463
Deflection
464
465
8 7 6 5 4 3 2
a
c
e
g
This is weird! 466
An active king
An endgame study
467
468 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
a
A famous theme
c
e
g
A round of applause if you get this!
69
The most famous study of them all
White to move Solutions on page 133
1 . �xg7+! mxg7 2. 'WgS+ mh8 3.
Tactics are not only for winning material or delivering checkmate.
'Wf6+ mg8 4. 'WgS+ and perpetual
Sometimes the purpose of the most spectacular combinations is to salvage
check. If Black tries 1 .. . mh8, White has 2. �xh7+! mxh7 3. 'Wh3+ mg6 4. 'Wg4+ mh7 3. 'WhS+ etc.
a draw in what at first sight appears to be a lost position. A startling tactical
Stalemate and perpetual check are n't the only means for securing the draw.
blow that secures a draw by perpetual check or stalemate is just as rewarding as a brilliant checkmate. Few things
There is also the liquidation sacrifices, where the objective is to simplify to a theoretically drawn endgame position.
are as satisfying as 'swindling' our opponent out of what appeared to be certain victory. Remember, the ability to tenaciously defend is as important
It should be noted that tactics are as important in the endgame as in the opening and middlegame.
as the ability to attack! The most frequent opportunities to give perpetual check are based on sacrifices that smash open the protection of the castled king.
Notwithstanding that White has a two pawn to zero advantage, Black immediately draws by eliminating the only dangerous pawn: 1 ... tt:Jxb3! 2. j,xb3+ mh8. Black knows his endgame theory; if the white bishop does not control the queening square, it's a
White's position is critical: Black's threat is the devastating 1. . . 'Wa2+. However, salvation is at hand with:
draw.
71
Drawing tactics 471
470
469
474
473
472
Now let m e think ...
Also here
A decoy draws
a
Another type o f mate 475
Into the heart o f darkness
d
e
I
477
476
478
c
Back and forth
Never surrender 480
479
All is not lost
72
g
Minor piece stalemate
Who would have thought?
Composed draw
b
Drawing geometry
Drawing tactics 483
482
481
486
485
484
Pay any price
And after I promote ...?
Royal encounter
Little choice
Draw study
The queen or perpetual? 492
491
490
Black was hoping for more 489
488
487
Stay calm
Just where I want you
Only one piece can move
Do what you must!
73
How to stop mate?
In the following exercises a variety of motifs are employed. White moves and wins, often using a combination of d ifferent tactical elements. Over the board, individual tactical motifs are often hidden in the complexity of the position, and a player must train his eye to recognise how a combination of tactical themes can be put tog ether to achieve his objective, be it mate or winning material. Solutions on page 133
494
White has options 496
495
497
Double deflection
Forced mate
Surprisingly simple 498
The defender must go
75
How to defend 2 hanging pieces?
M ixed motifs: White 499
To c7or c3? 502
·
50 1
500
Two David's take on a Goliath
504
503
Many motifs
The famous Legal's mate
505
508
Putting Black in a fix
A frequent tactical trick 510
509
A cunning combo
Give me your knight or your queen 507
506
Knightmare
Black dominates, but White draws
It's either the king or the queen
76
Good knight
Mixed motifs: White 513
512
511
8 7 6 "---;0//h// .. .....J
5
�.//m"•"'C'.l
3
2
Time to prepare
Once more with feeling
Unwelcome interference
516
515
514
4
Anastasia's mate
Two checks
Two rooks for the price of one
A 2 pawn plus is enough to win
Removing the defender 518
517
a
The way ahead 520
Again and again and again and...
b
c
d
e
522
521
The old one-two
Deflection
g
h
M ixed motifs: White 525
524
Decoy, check, mate
Precarious defence 526
528
527
Back rank weakness
Wham... bam ... mate
Black's passivity is punished 531
529
a
One of them will make it
b
c
d
e
g
h
Seizing the rank
b-file blues
Knight fork
This is clever
78
Opening a file
M ixed motifs: White 549
548
547
Arabian mate in arrival
Deflection
Take away a n escape square
552
551
550
553
Winning back the exchange
Quick mate
It's worth the sacrifice
555
5 54
Operation b7
Winning attack
Double attack 5 58
556
g
Overloaded
A spectacular mate
80
h
Elegant execution
M ixed motifs: White 560
First a double attack
Removing the defender 562
561
563
A classic mate 565
564
Black did not expect this 566
Knight flight 568
The end is near 567
Mate in 3
Opening lines 569
Deadly simple
Strangely effective
570
Deflection
81
This is where I want you
Mixed motifs: White 571
573
572
d
3 motifs
e
g
h
Black loses material
Knight targets
574
576
Rank interference
The queen and knight strike
579
577
A difficult study 580
The mechanics of smothered mate
Pawns victorious 582
581
A study by Troitzky
82
Worth repeating
Mixed motifs: White 583
584
585 8 7 6 '�',,7;0j'"""n7md
-F'''''onmF�',,nd
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
5 4 3 2
h
A mate in 6 from the 16th century
Concluding the attack
The king or the queen
A minor promotion
Black's pieces are overloaded
587
Perpetual check saves the day
59 1
590
589
d
Sacrifice, promotion and mate
e
g
h
594
593
592
Finishes with a fork
Del Rio 1750!
When there is no knight on f6 __ ,
Surrounded by friend and foe
83
Crafty bishop
Mixed motifs: White 597
596
595
Closing a line 598
Pointless pin 599
Evident 601
600
Swift mate 602
Mate i n 2 604
Just a few moves to mate 603
Cutting off the king
Zugzwang 606
605
A fork in hiding
Pin i t t o win it
Morphy mate
84
No defence
Mixed motifs: White 607
608
The long diagonal 610
609
A crucial defender goes
White sees something simple
611
612
Material gain
Closing a diagonal
A basic bank rank mate
613
615
a
One square less for the king 616
The problem i s eliminated
b
c
d
e
I
g
h
Get rid of the defender 617
Out of the blue 618
Mate is on the way
85
Double o n the diagonal
M ixed motifs: White 621
620
619
c
d
e
1
g
h
Fantastic fork
Discovery
Double threat
Looks drawish?
White has two things in mind
623
622
One very effective move
627
626
625
A little nudge
Almost Arabian
First look left, then look right 630
629
628 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
c
A lot of interference
Deflection perfection
86
d
e
I
One more time
g
h
Mixed motifs: White 631
632
633
635
636
·".� . ·. 8 /.. 7
Arabian mate 634
Pay5, get9 637
Linear 638
Surprising stalemate 640
639
641
Surely White has lost
A very odd move
Pins can be lethal 642
A nasty pawn
87
Vacating a square
Mixed motifs: White 644
643
Identity crisis: pin or deflection? 646
645
One less escape square 647
Winning the exchange 649
648
Another trapped queen
A Boden's mate i n the making
Queen hunt
Keep it simple 651
650
652
Essential endgame knowledge
Simple but crushing
This is original 654
653
Diagonal and rank
88
Closing a file
Mixed motifs: White 655
656
The rook i s a bystander 658
657
Perpetual motion 659
f7 is weak 661
Where to attack? 660
Vulnerable back rank
Another loose piece drops off
Closing a file
Smothered mate refresher
662
The back rank beckons 664
665
Keep your eye on g6
666
Crashing through
89
Opening a diagonal
Mixed motifs: White 667
669
668
Removing an obstacle 670
Double attack
Losing material for a moment 672
671
a
Mating net 673
b
c
d
e
g
h
Unobstructed diagonal 674
675
Opportunities o n a rank
Just a little bit nearer
The right promotion
Beautifully simple
Bishop standoff
Exploiting the long diagonal
676
90
Mixed motifs: White 680
679
One step ahead
684
683
682
Keeping the extra piece
Removing an escape square
b
a
Fatal weakness on the back rank
Black's pieces lack coordination
685
686
d
e
g
Nothing could be simpler 687
LPDO
Removing the defender 689
What was that about loose pieces?
c
690
Discovery
91
h
As with the previous chapter, a variety of motifs are presented often with several tactical themes in the one position. However, in these exercises it is Black to move and White to suffer. Solutions on page 137
691
693
a First a warm up! 694
b
c
d
e
f
h
Now that your motor is running 695
In one
g
Elementary, m y dear Watson 696
Equally quick
93
Tightening the noose
Mixed motifs: Black 697
698
c
d
e
g
h
A cornered king 700
699
Worth remembering 701
Black wants to repeat
Behind in development 702
Black's king i s i n a tight spot 704
Material gain 705
g Elegant in its simplicity 706
Quite a lineup 707
Making way
No price is too high for victory 708
Two moves to go
94
h
N o comment
Mixed motifs: Black 709
710
711
713
714
A painful pin 712
g From g2 or h1! 715
717
716
Mate in 2
An elementary tactic
White's attack backfires 720
719
Paralysing pin
Mate on the back rank
Easy deflection
Cutting off the king
95
Deadly two-step
h
Mixed motifs: Black 721
722
4 moves and it's mate 724
723
726
725
Something's got t o give 727
A round of applause
729
Third rank
Forcing mate 732
731
Bishop bonanza
Pretty as a picture
Weak diagonal 728
730
Also in2
Here mate in 2
What double attack?
96
What back rank mate?
Mixed motifs: Black 733
734
Black picks u p a piece!
735
Weak o n the light squares
A round o f applause for this one!
737
736
738
b A pretty mate i n 4 739
c
d
e
I
g
h
A welcome skewer
Tactical retreat
740
741
We've seen this before 742
Stylish perpetual
A-bomb
743
B ••• !I a
. i"ilf "•'•· • • -�!1 6
7
. � �.��D'ii' J��-�!1 : B B %
a Made in Italy
�.�0��
./ � f"j'/� B :
�
.
b
c
d
e
t
g
Double check dynamite
97
h
3 2 1
I would like to repeat that
Mixed motifs: Black 745
746
747
3
g
One two three 748
e3is the key 749
A surprise for White 750
a The 2 pawns are not enough 751
752
c
d
e
g
h
g
h
A knight for mate! 753
a
754
b
Clearing a file to draw
Sacrifice and double check
h
Back rank problems
b
c
d
e
f
A cornered king gets mated 756
755
Fighting t o the last man
98
Death o n the dark squares
Mixed motifs: Black 757
a
759
7 58
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
a
760
A surprise win for Black!
Deadly two-step
e
f
g
Pinned pieces
a Also here
b
c
d
e
f
Checkmate in 2
A spanner in the works 768
767
It's all over for White
d
765
764
766
c
762
761
763
b
Cross-pins are nasty
The original Boden's mate
Blockade the f-pawn
99
Think back rank
g
h
M ixed motifs: Black 771
770
769
772
774
773
Fork then mate
Closing i n o n the king 775
Almost equal ?
Royal dilemma
Rank and file
Another important discovery
Black manages to save himself 777
776
778
Fast mate
Overload
Imminent mate
780
779
A brutal threat
100
Keep it simple
Mixed motifs: Black 783
782
781
Most effective 784
Precise play is needed 785
A king that should have castled 787
786
Black wins a piece 788
2 moves t o mate 790
Logical and linear 789
Winning attack
Unstoppable 791
Unpinning the rook
Deflection and discovery
792
Opening lines
1 01
Balletic
Mixed motifs: Black 793
794
A cannon blast
795
A discovery does it
How to save the bishop?
The f2 square ...
Mate in 3
797
796
Fireworks
801
799
I could d o this forever 802
Sacrifice and mate 804
803
Greed is good
Checkmate in 3
102
Knight shift
Mixed motifs : Black 806
805
g
h
Reflect and deflect 808
810
809
812
A pawn mates 814
813
This i s a classic
Double check devastation 816
815
3 more moves to go
Pretty mate in 3
Overload
Decoy and discovery 81 1
Pleasing to the eye
Kingside collapse
World Championship tactics
103
Magical rearrangement
Mixed motifs: Biack 817
819
818
Mate follows deflection 820
Better to win than to draw!
822
821
A brutal move 823
Does two things at once
It's actually quite simple
The f 3square...
A king without a future 828
827
826
A type of epaulette mate 825
824
Deflection
White threatens both the 1'1 and mate
Brutally effective
1 04
Intermediate check!
Mixed motifs: Black 829
830
Boxed-in king 832
Graceful mate
Attack and defence
83 3
Postponing check 835
834
Back rank and pin
Another look at a classic
836
8 7 6 5 4 3 2
a
In cold blood
Linear mate
c
d
e
f
840
Out of the chaos
105
g
Pin and counter-pin
Light squares... 839
838
b
b2 is pivotal
Mixed motifs: Black 843
842
84 1
b
a
c
d
e
f
g
h
A surprise mate
The knights mate
846
845
844
The correct check
This is worth a re-run
Turning the tables
849
848
847
b
a
Brilliant bishops 850
c
d
e
f
g
h
Vacating a square draws 852
85 1
a
Perpetual check saves the day
A double sacrifice draws
106
b
c
d
e
f
g
White's king is too active
h
Mixed motifs: Black 855
8 54
853
Sublimely simple 856
857
858
860
861
Killer cross-pin
Out of the square
Majestic march
864
863
Mixed motifs mate
The king has advanced too far
It's easy when you know how
107
White to move and mate in three. The exercises progress from the comparatively easy to the delightfully difficult. Tactical puzzles to test your strength ! Solutions on page 140
867
866
865
868
A solid move...
Linear logic
Smooth a s silk
870
869
Like clockwork
A pin on g7 871
A problem from the 18th century!
873
872
The pawn delivers checkmate
109
Another pawn triumphs
Mate in 3 874
b
a
876
875
c
d
e
g
h
Boden's looms
Discovery 877
879
878
The Immortal Game 880
Another 18th century problem
883
The tricky Novotny theme
882
881
9th century Arabian study
Also b y Stamma
A tight squeeze
Plagiarism? 885
884
Opening a file
110
Spectacular
Mate in 3 886
887
888
a
The pawn condemns Black 889
A reckless king
892
893
895
e
A problem b y Lolli 894
A common motif
Decoy 896
A surprising victory
d
Opening a line
A study from the 30's
Sitting duck
c
891
890
Remember how it's done?
b
897
Fast approaching queen
111
Epaulette mate
g
h
Mate in 3 898
899
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Step 1 : opening a line of attack 902
The black knight i s badly placed 904
31ong moves
King hunt 908
Opening a rank
Sacrifice, check and mate 906
905
907
Decoy sacrifice 903
A brilliant move
Back rank attack
g
909
Check, check, checkmate
112
The bishop delivers
h
Mate in 3 9 10
912
911
Forced mate
Mate in the endgame 913
9 14
The problem is the rook on hB 916
915
Decoy sacrifice and mate 917
Keep your eye on e7 9 19
Check, sacrifice and mate
At close quarters
The extra piece means nothing 918
f7 is the critical square
Removing the guard 920
921
The h-file
113
Now the g-file
Mate in 3 922
924
923
A difficult problem
2 checks then mate
927
925
a
Weak light square complex
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
Sacrifice, double check and mate
The queen checkmates
9 28
Stuck in the middle 930
Daring knights 931
Sacrifice and waiting move
Smothered mate
Cornered 933
932
Rank and file
114
Back rank mate
Mate in 3 934
935
936
938
939
Two raking bishops 937
a Imprisoned king
b
c
d
e
g
Vacating a square
Opening a diagonal
Nifty
Check, check, mate
h
941
940
Here two lines are opened
945
944
943
h-file
Knight attack
115
Discoveries are dangerous
White to move and mate in four moves . Here too the exercises become progressively more difficult ;
if you finish these, you
d eserve a diploma ! Solutions on page 142
946
947
948
Another Arabian 949
Just enough to win
Looks familiar?
950
Forced 952
951
953
a Smooth sequence
Opening a diagonal
Material equality but not a draw 9 54
b
c
d
e
l
g
Opening a diagonal
117
h Poorly protected king
Mate in 4 955
A flimsy wall
Queen for a king 959
958
a
9 57
956
b
c
d
e
f
g
960
h
A king i n peril
Forced mate 962
961
The first move is the hardest 963
A few pieces mate 964
Nothing too difficult 965
Mate in the middle
966
Discovered check is the key
118
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It> cannot approach: if there were not a !'>:, on
433 - 1 .ct:J b5 and the !'>:, promotes
3.1t>d2 lt>g5 4.h7
434 - 1 . b8=:1'l! [1 .b8=�?? stalemate]
455 - 1 .exf6! :!'lxg7 2.fxg7 and promotes
435 - 1 .it.b7 the it. sacrifices itself so the !'>:, can
456 - 1 .�xa7! . . . :!'lxa7 2.bxa7 and the !'>:, with
promote on the next move
a decisive advantage 2 . . . ct:Jc2+ 3.1t>d2 ct:Jxa 1
436 - 1 .f7 it.c5 2 .it.d4! pinning the
it, so the !'>:,
4.:1'lxa1 0-0 5.a8� 457 - 1 .g8=�+! the simplest: the resulting
can promote 2 . . . it.xd4 [2 . . . 1t>b7 3.it.xc5] 3.f8=� 437 - 1 .ct:Jd7! denying access to b6 [1 .a7??
pawn endgame is winning for White 1 . . . �xg8
lt>b7 2.ct:Jc6 lt>a8 theoretical draw: when the
2.�xg8+ lt>xg8 3.b4 Svidler-Dreev 2004 1 -0
[1 . . . 1t>xd7 2 .a7] 2.1t>b2 lt>c7 3.1t>c3 lt>c6 4 .lt>d4
458 - 1 .:1'le8+ �xe8 [1 ... it.f8 2 .:1'lxf8+! �xf8 3.f7+
lt>c7 5.lt>d5 lt>c8 6.lt>d6 and mate in 4
�g7 4 .f8:1'l#] 2.f7+ �e5 3.il.xe5+ il.xe5 4 .f8=�#
438 - 1 .:1'lc8+! :!'lxc8 2 .:1'lxc8+ lt>xc8 3.bxa7
459 - 1 .�xe4+! [ 1 .gxh7? it.xh7 and Black is
White It> approaches it is stalemate] 1 . . . 1t>c6
3 . . . 1t>h7 4 .a4 lt>xh6 5.b5
439 - 1 .:1'lxb6! axb6 2.a7 and promotes
better] 1 . . . dxe4 2 .gxh7 and wins
440 - 1 .it.h7! if the
460 - 1 . lt>f7 threatening to capture the !'>:, 1 . . . h5
it, does not control the queening square, if the It> can reach the corner
2.1t>e6 h4 3.lt>d5 h3 [3 ... 1t>b3 4 . 1t>e4] 4 . lt>c4 h2
it is a draw 1 . . . 1t>f8 2.lt>g4 @f7 3 .lt>f5 lt>f8 5.lt>f6
5.it.b4! h 1 � 6.b3# study by Fritz 1 939
lt>e8 6.it.f5 lt>f8 7 . h 7 mate next move
461 - 1 .il.g2! h 1 � [1 . . . �xg2 2 .c8�#] 2.c8�#
It> + ttJ fork! (the imme-
441 - 1 .1t>e8! g2 2.1t>d8 g 1 � 3 .it.xc7#
462 - 1 . ct:Ja6+! a rare
442 - 1 .c7 :!'lxe6 [1 . . . 1t>d7 2.:1'lxe7+] 2.c8=�+
diate 1 .1t>e7? is a blunder: after 1 . . . ct:Jc6+ the queening square is controlled) 1 . . . ct:Jxa6 2.1t>e7
443 - 1 .�h8+ !! making way for the !'>:, 1 . . . 1t>xh8
and now that the black ttJ has been deflected to
2.g7+ lt>g8 3.it.h7+! lt>xh7 4.g8=�# 444 - 1 .:1'lb5!! closing the file to protect the !'>:, 1 . . .
a6, promotion is inevitable
axb5 [1 . . . cxb5 2.b7] 2 . b 7 :!'lxa5 3. b8=�+ lt>d7
463 - 1 .a6 the
It> can enter the square and
4.�b7+ and wins
Black has a ct:J, but still the !'>:, promotes ! 1 . . . 1t>c7
445 - 1 .:1'lf8+! ct:Jxf8 2 .e7a typical endgame tac
[1 . . . ct:Jc5 2 .a7] 2.a7 it is the very presence of the
tic: the !'>:, attacks the ttJ and then promotes
ttJ that prevents the It> from approaching !
446 - 1 .axb6! �xb3 2.bxa7 �xb2 3.a8� �xc3
464 - 1 .lt>h5! controls g6 and threatens ct:Jg4+
4.it.d6 and wins
and h7 1 . . .1t>xe5 2.h7 with promotion
447 - 1 .:1'ld8+ :!'lxd8 2 .:1'lf8+ lt>xf8 3.cxd8�+
465 - 4 . h 3 ! ! mate in 1 6 ! [4 .h4+? lt>h5
448 - 1 .g8=il.! a promotion to � or :1'1 is imme
zugzwang] 4 . . . 1t>h5 5 . h4 zugzwang [5.lt>xg8??
diate stalemate 1 ... 1t>g1 2 .ct:Je2+ lt>g2 3.it.d5#
lt>xh6 d raw] 5 . . . 1t>xh4 [5 . . .it.b3 6.h7] 6.1t>xg8
449 - 1 .:1'lxg7+!! the quickest and most elegant
466 - 1 .il.e4! ! again the Novotny theme: Black
1 . . . ct:Jxg7 2.h6 and the !'>:, promotes 2 . . . :1'lg4 3.h7
cannot maintain control of both a8 and e8
450 - 1 .ct:Je6! controlling g7 and promotion is
1 . . .�exe4 [1 . . . �hxe4 2.e8�+ �xe8 (2 . . . 1t>b7
guaranteed 2 . . . it.b3 [2 ... 1t>xe6 3 . h7] 3.h7
3.a8�#) 3 .a8�#] 3.a8�+ �xa8 5.e8�+ lt>b7
451 - 1 .e7 ct:Jxe7 2.d6 lt>f8 [2 ... ct:Jd5 3.d7; 2 . . .f5
6.�xd7+ lt>b8 7.�c7#
3.d7] 3.d7 and wins: the !'>:, on c6 prevents ct:Jc6
467 - 1 .c5!! not at all easy to find: by not
452 - 1 .ct:Jf7 does the trick: threatening mate
the :1'1! Stopping ct:Jd6 threatens c7 [1 .c7? ct:Jd6
1 . . .:!'lxf7 2.:1'lh8+!! the point of the exercise!
2 .c5 ct:Jc8 3.axb3 lt>f7 and Black wins; 1 .axb3?
[2.gxf7+? lt>xf7 and Black wins] 2 . . . 1t>xh8 3 .gxf7
ct:Jd6] 1 . . . :1'lb5 [1 . . . ct:Jxc5 2 . c7 and promotes;
advancing to the 7th rank White gains the ttJ or
and the ttJ on e7 keeps the @ at bay
the !'>:, promotes and White wins
1 . . . :1'le3 2 .cxb7 :!'le8 3.c6] 2 .a4! ! taking the :1'1
453 - 1 .:1'lf5!! the idea is the advance to g4 vacat
away from the key b5 square 2 . . . :1'lxc5 [2 . . . ct:Jxc5
ing the g2 square 1 . . .1t>xf5 2.g4+ lt>xg4 3.lt>g2 the
3.c7] 3.cxb7 and b5 is controlled
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Solutions 468 - The final part of the celebrated study by
495 - 1 .�xg5+ c,:i:,>f8 [1 . . . ti:lg6 2 .�h6] 2.�g7+
Saavedra of 1 895 1 .c8l"1 ! ! threatening mate on
c,:i:,>e8 3.�g8+ c,:i:,>d7 4.�h3+ and mate
a8 [ 1 .c8�? l"i:c4+! 2.�xc4 stalemate] 1 . . . l"i:a4
496 - 1 .�f3+!! l"i:xf3 2.�e4+! �xe4 3.l"i:c8#
forced 2.c,:i:,>b3 threatening the l"1 and mate on c1
497 - 1 .�xc8! l"i:xc8 2 .CUd7+ c,:i:,>e8 3.ti:lxb6 with a
decisive advantage Drawing tactics page 71
498 - 1 .�xf6 + ! ! wins for White! 1 . . . c,:i:,>xf6 2 . ti:l e4+
469 - 1 .l"i:c4+! �xc4 stalemate
c,:i]f5 3. ti:lxd2
470 - 1 .l"i:d3+! �xd3 stalemate
499 - 1 .�e4+ c,:i:,>e6 2.�d5+! c,:i:,>xd5 [2 . . . �xd5
471 - 1 .l"i:h3+!! c,:i:,>xh3 stalemate
3.ti:lc7+] 3.ti:lc3+
472 - 1 .l"i:c1 ! �xc1 stalemate
500 - 1 .�d5! skewer and decoy 1 ... �xd5
473 - 1 .l"i:xb2! l"i:h2+ 2 .c,:i:,>f3 l"i:xb2 stalemate
2 .ti:le7+ c,:i:,>t7 3.ti:lxd5 1 .CUh6+ c,:i:,>h8 2.CUf7+ c,:i:,>g8 3.ti:lh6+ per
[2 . . . l"i:h3+ draw ] Bernstein-Smyslov 1 946
501
474 - 1 .�d3+! �xd3 stalemate
petual check
-
475 - 1 .l"i:f5!! [ 1 .l"i:xb5+? axb5! 2.c,:i:,>g5 b4
502 - 1 .ti:lxe5! ! �xd 1 [ 1 . . .dxe5 2 .�xg4 with a
and Black wins] 1 . . . �xf5 stalemate[1 . . . �c5?
decisive advantage] 2 .�xf7+ c,:i:,>e7 3.ti:ld5#
2 .l"i:xc5+ bxc5 3.c,:i:,>g5 White wins]
503 - 1 .ti:le6+ fxe6 [1 . . . c,:i:,>h6 2.�xf6 fxe6 3.l"i:c7]
476 - 1 .�a5+ c,:i:,>b8 2.�d8+ c,:i:,>a7 3.�a5+ draw
2 .l"i:c7+ c,:i:,>h6 3.�xf6 with mate to follow
by perpetual check
504 - 1 .�f7+ c,:i:,>xt? [1 . . .c,:i:,>f8 2.�xg6] 2 . e6+ �xe6
477 - 1 .ti:lg6+ c,:i:,>g8 2.ti:le7+ c,:i:,>h8 3.ti:lg6+ draw
3.�xa5
by perpetual check
505 - 1 .ti:lbc5+! bxc5 2 .ti:lxc5+ c,:i:,>c6 3 .ti:lxe4
478 - 1 .�g2+ ! ! l"i:xg2 stalemate; a study by
506 - 1 .l"i:h8! threatens to promote, creating a
Kubbel
lethal skewer 1 . . . l"i:xa7 2 .l"i:h7+ c,:i:,>e6 3.l"i:xa7
479 - 1 .l"i:b5!! c1� 2.l"i:c5+ �xc5 draw
507 - 1 .�d6!! with an eye on e7 1 . . . �e1 the �
480 - 1 .�f4+!! �xf4 stalemate
threatens a double attack or mate on g3; Black
481 - 1 .�g8+!! c,:i:,>xg8 stalemate
has no good moves and can no longer main
482 - 1 .�f2+ �xf2 stalemate
tain the pin on the f\, on g2 . [1 . . . g4 2.�e7+ �f6
483 - 1 .c,:i:,>g1 !! [1 .�xf6?? ti:le4+] 1 . . . ti:lf3+
3 .�xf6#] 2.g3+ �xg3+ 3.�xg3#
[1 . . . l"i:xf4 stalemate] 2 .�xf3+ l"i:xf3 stalemate
508 - 1 .ti:l h6+ c,:i:,>h8 2.�xe5! �xe5 3.ti:lxf7+ l"i:xf7
484 - 1 . h8�+ c,:i:,>e4 2.�h 1 +! ! �xh1 stalemate
[3 . . . c,:i:,>g8 4.ti:lxe5 with a decisive advantage]
485 - 1 .�g5+! ! c,:i:,>xg5 stalemate
4 . l"i:d8+ with mate in 2
486 - 1 .�f2+!! �xf2 stalemate; a study by
509 - 1 .�xh6! gxh6 2 .l"i:xh6+ c,:i:,>g7 3.�b7!! free
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ing the diagonal 3 . . . c,:i:,>xh6 [3 . . .�xb7 4 .�g6#]
487 - 1 .�g3+!! c,:i:,>xg3 stalemate; a study by
4 .�xa6 and wins
Mikhalap
5 1 0 - 1 .l"i:xe6!! fxe6 2 .�xf8 + ! ! decoy sacrifice
488 - 1 .�d5+ c,:i:,>h7 2 .�e4+ c,:i:,>g8 3.�d5+ per
2 . . . c,:i:,>xf8 3.ti:lxe6+ c,:i:,>e7 4 .ti:lxc7 and wins
petual check
511 - 1 .�g7+! more effective than 1 .l"i:g7
489 - 1 .�f3!! [1 .�xa8 c,:i:,>xa8 2 .c,:i:,>f2 c,:i:,>b8 3.c,:i:,>e3
1 . . .�xg7 [1 ... ti:lxg7 2.�xh7#] 2.l"i:xg7 and wins
c,:i:,>c7 and a winning pawn endgame for Black]
512 - 1 .b5 �xb5 2 .ti:lcd6+ ti:lxd6 3.ti:lxd6+ c,:i:,>e6
1 . . . �xf3 stalemate; a study by Dawson
4 .ti:lxb5 and wins
490 - 1 .g5 it is hard to get this wrong; it is the
51 3 - 1 .l"i:xg7+!! c,:i:,>xg7 2.�xd4+! �xd4 3.ti:lxe6+
only legal move ! 1 . . . hxg5 stalemate [ 1 . . . �xg5
c,:i]f6 4 .ti:lxd4 with a decisive advantage
theoretical d raw]
5 1 4 - 1 .�xf6! ti:lxf6 2.d8�+ c,:i:,>a7 3.�xf6 with a
491 - 1 .g7 only legal move 1 . . . l"i:xg7 stalemate
decisive advantage
492 - 1 .�f1 +! l"i:xf1 stalemate
51 5 - 1 .ti:le7+ c,:i:,>h8 2.l"i:xh7+!! c,:i:,>xh7 3.l"i:h4# 5 1 6 - 1 .l"i:xc6+! decoy sacrifice 1 . . .�xc6
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2 .ti:l e7+ c,:i:,>c7 3.ti:lxc6 c,:i:,>xc6 White wins
493 - 1 .�e2#
5 1 7 - 1 .g4! . . .fxg4 2.f5 gxf5 [2 ... c,:i:,>e5 3.fxg6]
494 - 1 .�xh7+ c,:i:,>xh7 2.l"i:h4#
3.g6 hxg6 4.h7 and wins!
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Solutions 51 8 - 1 ."ile7 'fixe? 2.1fixd5+ 'Lle6 3.1fixa8+
549 - 1 .1fih6+ gxh6 2."ilh7#
51 9 - 1 ."ilxg7+! xg7 2.'Llxe6+ f7 3.'Llxc7
550 - 1 .1fixe5+!! dxe5 2 ."ile6#
520 - 1 .'Ll h6+ h8 2 .'Llf7+ @g8 3.'Ll h6+ draw
551 - 1 ."ilxc6+! 'fixc6 2 .1fib4#
521 - 1 ."ilf6+!! 'fixf6 2.e5+ xe5 [2 . . .1fixe5
552 - 1 .ii.d5! cxd5 2 ."ilxe6
3.'Llf7+] 3.'Llg4+ and wins
553 - 1 ."ild7!! Tiviakov-Nyback 2005 1 -0
522 - 1 .1fia4+!! 'fixa4 2.'Llc7+ f8 3."ilxd8+ 523 - 1 .e6! threatens the fork on f7 and the
1 . . . 1fixd7 [1 . . . 'Llxd7 2.1fixb7#] 2 ."ilxd7 and wins
ttJ
554 - 1 .ii.d3! with attacks on the 'fi and the "il
on d7 1 . . . ii.xe6 2.ii.xe6 "ilxe6 3 ."ilxd7
on c8 1 . . . 1fixd3 [1 . . . "ilxc1 2 .ii.xg6 "ilxe 1 + 3.1fixe1
524 - 1 .1fif8+! xf8 2 .ii.h6+ g8 3."ile8#
fxg6 4 .ii.xf6 and wins.] 2 ."ilxc8+ with a decisive
525 - 1 .'Llc7 ii.b? 2.'Lle8!! 'Llg8 3.'Llxd6+
advantage
526 - 1 ."ilxg7+! xg7 2 .ii.h6+! xh6 3.1fig5#
555 - 1 .1fixh6! gxh6 2.ii.h7#
527 - 1 .1fib7!! 'fic8 [1 . . . 1fixb7 2."ilxd8#] 2."ilxd8+
556 - 1 ."ilxh6+!! ii.xh6 [1 . . . xh6 2 .1fih4#]
'fixd8 3.1fixa7 with a winning position
2.1fixc3
528 - 1 .ii.c5! "ilxd3 [1 . . .ii.xc5 2."ilxd8#] 2 .ii.xe7+
557 - 1 .1fixh7+! xh7 2 ."ilh5+ g8 3."ilh8#
e8 3.cxd3 and wins
558 - 1 .1fif6+ "ilg? 2.h6 "ilbg8 3."ilh 1 !
529 - 1 ."ilc5! 'fia3 [1 . . . "ilb5 2 .1fie3+ g? 3 .1fie5+
559 - 1 ."ilxg5 fxg5 2.1fixh7+ 'fixh7 3."ilxh7#
f6 4 . "ilxb5] 2."ilh5+!! gxh5 3.1fif6#
560 - 1 .1fie5! attacking both black "ils 1 . . . "ilxb5
530 - 1 ."ilxc6! bxc6 2."ilb1 + a8 3 .1fixc8#
[1 . . .f7 32."ilf6+] 2 .1fixh8+ d? 3 ."ild6+ xd6
531 - 1 ."ilc8+! "ilxc8 2 .1fixa7+ ! ! xa7 3.bxc8'Ll+!
4.1fixd8+ and wins
and with three extra ,1\,s White wins
561 - 1 .g4 unleashing an attack on the 'fi with
532 - 1 ."ild8+ b? 2."ilb8+! xb8 3.'Llc6+
the threat of mate on c8. Luchowski-Gridnew
533 - 1 .'Lld4!! xd4 [1 . . . g 1 1fi 2 . 'Ll e2+] 2.b81fi
Moscow 1 992 1 . . . ii.xf3 [1 . . . h5 2.1fixh3] 2."ilc8+
g 1 1fi 3.1fixa7+
"ile8 3."ilxe8#
534 - 1 .ii.xe5!. .. 1fixe5 2.1fixe5 dxe5 3.ii.xe6 the
562 - 1 .1fixh7+ xh7 2 ."ilh4#
[\ on f7 is pinned
563 - 1 .ii.b5 MacDonneii-Bird London 1 872 1 . . .
535 - 1 .'Llg4+!! hxg4 [ 1 . . . g7 2 .1fixg5] 2."ilh1 +
c6 [1 . . . "il h 8 2.1fie7#] 2 .1fic7#
g? 3.1fixg5
564 - 1 .'Ll h7+ ii.xh7 2."ilf7#
536 - 1 .1fixf6! gxf6 2 . 'Ll e7+ g? 3 .'Llxd5
565 - 1 .'Llf5+! g5 [1 . . . gxf5 2.1fixf6+ h5
537 - 1 .ii.h6+! xh6 2 .1fid2+ g? 3.'Llxd8
3.ii.e2#] 2.'Llxd6 'fixe6+ 3 .dxe6 and wins
538 - 1 ."ilxg6+! [1 .ii.xc5+? xc5 2 ."ilxg6 "ilf3] 1 . . .
566 - 1 .g6! threatening g? and freeing the "il 1 . . .
hxg6 2 .ii.xc5+ xc5 3.xd3
fxg6 [1 . . . ii.xa7 2.g7; 1 . . . xg6 2."ilg8+; 1 . . . "ilxa7
539 - 1 ."ilxe5+!! fxe5 [1 . . . 'Llxe5 2.1fid8#] 2.1fid8+
2."ilxa7 ii.xa7 3.g7] 2."ilf8+ ii.xf8 3.a81fi
'Llxd8 3."ilxd8#
567 - 1 .1fif6+! Topalov-Naiditsch 2005 1 -0
540 - 1 .1fif8+! deflection 1 . . . ii.xf8 2.'Llg7+ dou
1 . . .1fixf6 2."ile8+ 'fif8 3."ilxf8#
ble check 2 . . . d8 3 ."ile8#
568 - 1 .1fib7 making way for the ,II, 1 . . . e6 2.c7
541 - 1 .1fie8+ 'fif8 2 ."ilh8+ xh8 3 .1fixf8+
569 - 1 .1fib3+! 'fixb3 [1 . . . h8 2 ."ilxh7#] 2 ."ilg7+
542 - 1 ."ile8+!! "ilxe8 2 .1fig4+! 'Llg5 [2 . . . 1fixg4
h8 3."ilxh7+ @g8 4 . "ilag7#
3.'Llf6#] 3.1fixf5 and wins
570 - 1 ."ilg8+! decoy sacrifice 1 . . . xg8 2.'Lle7+
543 - 1 .1fig4+! 'fixg4 2."ilxe8+ @g? 3.fxg4
@g? 3.'Llxf5+ "ilxf5 4.1fixb7 and wins
544 - 1 .1fic3! and both "ils are attacked; if
571 - 1 ."ilh7+!! xh7 2.ii.f5+ @g? 3 .ii.xe4 ii.xe4
1 . . . "ilbh4 2 .1fixc8+ "ilxc8 3 ."ilxc8#
4 . "ilxd8
545 - 1 .ii.g5!! ii.xf3! 2.1fic1 !! [2.1fid2 ii.b4!]
572
2 . . .1fixd4 3.1fic8+ 'fid8 4.1fixd8#
e5 4 . 'Ll xb4 with a decisive advantage
-
1 ."ilxb4!! 'fixb4 2 .1fixf6+! xf6 3.'Lld5+
546 - 24.ii.xb7+! winning the 'fi 24 . . . xb7
573 - 1 .ii.xg7+ xg7 2 .1fixd6!! 'fixd6 3.'Llf5+
25.'Llc5+
f6 4.'Llxd6
547 - 1 .1fih8+ "ilxh8 2.'Llf6#
574 - 1 .'Ll h6+ h8 2 .1fixd8 'fixd8 3 .'Llf7+ g8
548 - 1 ."ild8+! ! "ilxd8 [1 . . . g7 2."ilxc8; 1 . . . 1fixd8
4.'Llxd8 with a decisive advantage
2.1fie5+] 2.1fic3+ with mate to follow
575 - 1 .ii.f7+ interfering with the defence of the
1 34
Solutions
/j on g? 1 . . . Wixf7 [1 . . . 1J.xf7 2 .Wixg7#] 2 .1'.1xf7 xf7
593 - 1 .Wxf7+!!li'lxf7 2.li'lg6#
3 .Wlxg7+ \t>e6 4 .1'.1e3+ and mate follows
594 - 1 .1lg3! 1"1xg3 2.b8W and wins
576 - 1 .e5! dxe5 2 .1lxc6 1lxc6 3.C2ld5 li'lxd5
595 - 1 .li'lf6+! interfering with the defence of f8
[3 . . . W!xd2 4 .li'lxe7#] 4 .Wlxa5
1 . . . Wixf6 [1 . . . gxf6 2.Wxf8#] 2 .gxf6
577 - 1 .1'.1f8!! Wixf8 [1 . . . Wfxe5 2.c3#; 1 . . . Wih3
596 - 1 .1'.1g2 ! ! breaking the pin. 1 . . . Wixf3 [1 . . . Wc8
2.c3+ xe5 3.f4#] 2.li'lf6!! gxf6 [2 . . . Wia8 3.li'ld7
2.1'.1h3 with mate on h?; 1 . . . 1'.1g8 2.\Wxh?+ xh?
Wif3 4 .c3#; 2 ... Wlc8 3 .f4 gxf6 4 .c3#; 2 ... Wlb8
3 .1'.1h3#] 2 .Wxf8# Sultanbeev-Colle 1 928
3.c3+ xe5 4 .li'ld7+ d6 5.li'lxb8 c? 6.li'lxa6+
597 - 1 .1'.1c4 ! ! 1"1xc4 [1 . . . 1'.1xd2 2 .1'.1c8#] 2 .Wxb2
b6 7.liJxc5 xc5 8 .c2 e5 9 .\t>b3 and wins]
with a winning position
3.f4 ! ! fxe5 4.c3#
598 - 1 .1'.1xb7 1'.1xb7 2.c6+
578 - 1 .1'.1g8+! h? 2.Wig6+! ! fxg6 3.fxg6+ \t>xg8
599 - 1 .Wxf6+! gxf6 2 .1J.xh6#
4 .f7#
600 - 1 .Wh6 ! 1J.xh6 [1 . . .1J.xd4 2 . li'l e7+ h8
579 - 1 .1lg5!! [1 .\t>g6?? g 1 Wi+] 1 . . . g 1 Wl [1 . . .fxg5
3.Wixf8#] 2.li'lxh6#
2.\t>g6 the /j on g5 shields White's ] 2 .1J.xf6+
601 - 1 .1'.1e8+ ! xe8 [1 . . .1J.xe8 2 .Wg7#] 2.We7#
Wig? 3.1lxg7+ \t>g8 4 .1ld4 and mate
602 - 1 .a7 1J.xa7 2.\t>c8 winning the 1l Larsen
580 - 1 .li'ld7+ c8 2 . li'l b6+ b8 3.Wic8+ 1'.1xc8
M iles 1 -0
4 .li'ld7#
603 - 1 .f4! axb3 [1 . . . d4 2.li'ld2#] 2.li'ld2#
581 - 1 .1'.1a8+! ! \t>xg? 2 .c6 the black 1'.1 has no
604 - 1 .Wxf8+!! decoy sacrifice 1 . . . xf8
escape square! 2 . . . 1'.1b5 3.\t>xb5 d3 4 .1'.1d8 e4
2 .li'lg6+ a pin and liJ fork
5. c4 f6 6. d4 f5 7. \t>e3 and wins
605 - 1 .Wxb8+!! li'lxb8 2 .1'.1d8#
582 - 1 .1'.1xe6+ xe6 2 .li'l hg5+! hxg5 3.li'lxg5+
606 - 1 .1'.1xg5+ hxg5 2.xd2
f6 4 .C2lxh7+ \t>g6 5 .li'lf8+ f7 6 .l2ld7 and wins
607 - 1 .1"1xf4! exf4 2 .1lh8! and mate on g?
583 - 1 .1'.1h8+ the historic Damiano's mate
608 - 1 .Wxf6 1'.1xc8 [1 . . . Wxf6 2.Ei:xe8+ 1'.1f8
1 . . . xh8 2.1'.1h1 + \t>g8 3.1'.1h8+ xh8 4 .Wih 1 +
3 .1'.1xf8+] 2 .Wxd4
1'.1h5 5.Wixh5+ \t>g8 6.Wih7#
609 - 1 .li'lxe5 1'.1xe5 2.f4
584 - 1 .1J.xf5+! exf5 [1 . . . \t>g? 2 .Wig6+] 2.1'.1e7+
6 1 0 - 1 .li'lc3 Wd6 2 . li'l e4
with mate to follow. Arik-Van Wely 2005 1 -0
6 1 1 - 1 .1ld6 ! ! annulling the protection of f8
585 - 1 .Wid2 ! ! a nice cross pin: Robach-Jansa
1 . . . 1J.xd6 [1 . . . 1'.17xd6 2 .1'.1e8+ Wf8 3.1'.1xf8#]
Sochi 1974 1 -0 [also 1 .Wie 1 ! with the same idea
2.Wxd3 with a winning position
is winning]
6 1 2 - 1 .Wc8+! 1J.xc8 2.1'.1e8#
586 - 1 .Wia8+ h? 2.Wie4+ h8 3.Wia8+ h?
6 1 3 - 1 .Wg8 + ! ! liJxg8 2.1lf5#
4 .Wle4+ g6 5 .Wlxg6+ h8 6 .Wixh6+ g8 7 .Wfg6+
6 1 4 - 1 .1'.1xg5 fxg5 2.gxh7 and promotes
h8 draw
61 5 - 1 .li'lg6 ! ! Black is up the exchange and
587 - 1 .Wixg7+! the most effective 1 . . . \t>xg?
has a 3 /j plus, but now both the W and mate
2.fxe8li'l+ ! safer than a WI promotion, though this
are threatened 1 . . . Wixh2 [1 . . .fxg6 2 .Wxe5 with a
is still winning 2 . . . \t>f8 3 .li'lxc7 e? 4.1'.1d1 with
decisive advantage] 2.li'lde7#
an extra 1'.1
6 1 6 - 1 .Wxd4+ 1'.1xd4 2. b6#
588 - 1 .1lxc6 bxc6 2.1'.1xh7+ Wixh? 3.Wixf6+ Wig?
6 1 7 - 1 .1'.1d8+ f7 [1 . . . \t>h? 2.1"1h8#] 2 .1'.1f8#
4 .Wixd8+
61 8 - 1 .1ld5 with a double attack on the 2 li'ls
589 - 1 .Wixh6+! gxh6 2 .g7+ h? 3.gxf8li'l+!
6 1 9 - 1 .b4+ \t>d5 2 .e4+
h8 4.1'.1g8#
620
590 - 1 .1J.xh7+ xh? 2 .Wih4+ [2 .li'lg5+? \t>g6]
621 - 1 .\t>c6! threatening the 1'.1 and mate on e8
-
1 .1'.1e4! ! threatening 2 . 1'.1xe8# or 2 . Wxf6#
2 . . . \t>g8 [2 . . . \t>g6 3.Wg5+] 3.li'lg5 1'.1fe8 4.\Wh?+
622 - 1 .1lc4 + ! ! clearing the diagonal: 2.\Wh?#
f8 5.Wh8+ e? 6 .1'.1xf7+
follows
591 - 1 .Wg8+!! xg8 [1 . . . 1'.1xg8 2.li'lf7#] 2.li'le7+
623 - 1 .li'la3 and after 2 .1lc3 the liJ is doomed
h8 3.li'lf7+ 1'.1xf7 4 .1'.1xc8+ 1'.1f8 5.1'.1xf8#
624 - 1 .li'lf5! threatening the W and mate on h8
592 - 1 .li'ld6+ 1J.xd6 2 .1'.1xd7+ 1le7 3 .1'.1xe7+
625 - 1 .b5! if the liJ flees there will be a fork
xe? 4.li'lc6+ d6 5.li'lxb8 and wins
on e?
135
Solutions 626 - 1 .1"\e5 with a double attack on i and ttJ
ttJ on e4 1 . . .1"\xd? [1 . . . \Wxe6 2.tt:lf8#] 2.\Wxe4+ f5
627 - 1 .1"\g8#
3.\Wxf5#
628 - 1 .ie5! ! M i les-Pritchett 1 982, 1 -0 . both
655 - 5 .if5+ \t>h8 6.t2le5 threatening mate on
g7 and e8 cannot be defended
f7 6 . . . 1"\h? 7 .tt:lg6#
629 - 1 .1"\e8+! \t>g7 [ 1 . . . 1"\xe8 2 .\Wxd5+] 2.1"\xd8
656 - 1 .\Wg5+ \t>f8 2 .\Wd8+ \t>g7 3.\Wg5+ per
630 - 1 .1"\d8+! ! 1"\xd8 [1 . . .ixd8 2 .\We8#] 2 .\Wxb?
petual check
631 - 1 .\Wxh6+ gxh6 2 .1"\h?#
657 - 1 .\We?!! Axe? 2 .dxe7+ \t>c8 3.1"\xa?
632 - 1 .\Wb8+! tt:lxb8 2 .1"\fB#
658 - 1 .1"\e?!! tt:lxe7 [1 . . ."\Wxe? 2.fxe7 tt:lxe7
633 - 1 .tt:la5!! there is the threat of mate and
3.1"\d8 and wins.] 2 .\Wxf8+ \t>xf8 3.1"\d8#
the iW is attacked 1 ... bxa5 [1 ... \t>xa5 2.1"\a8#]
659 - 1 .\We8+ if8 2.\Wxf?+ \t>h8 3.\Wxh?#
2.1"\xb3
[3.\Wxf8#]
634 - 1 .1"\xg?+ \t>xg7 2.ixh3
660 - 1 .ctJd5! attacking the iW 1 . . . \Wxd2 2 .tt:lxe7+
635 - 1 .\We4 threatening mate on h7 and the i
check! 2 . . . \t>h8 3.tt:lxd2 with an extra piece
636 - 1 .1"\e 1 ! and either the ttJ or i is lost
661 - 1 .\Wa?!! [1 .\Wc5? 1"\xd5!] 1 . . . 1"\xa7 [ 1 . . . 1"\xd5
637 - 1 .\Wd 1 +! ! \Wxd 1 and White is without a
2.\WxaB+ iWd8 3.\Wxd8+ 1"\xd8 4 .1"\xd8#] 2 .1"\xd8+
move!
\Wxd8 3.1"\xd8#
638 - 1 .ctJ b6+ \t>b8 [1 . . . axb6 2 .\Wa8#] 2 .ltJxd5
662 - 1 .tt:le4!! and both the iW and 1"\ are hanging
639 - 1 .0-0-0 ! ! winning a piece
[ 1 .\Wf8+?? 1"\xf8 the 1"\ on f1 is pinned] 1 . . . \Wxe4
640 - 1 .ia6! ! stops the !", from advancing 1 . . .
[1 . . . 1"\xe4 2 .\Wf8#] 2 .\Wf8+ 1"\xf8 3.1"\xf8#
bxa6 with a rook's !", a n d i of the wrong colour
663 - 1 .ctJh6+ \t>h8 2 .\Wg8+ 1"\xg8 3.ctJf7#
it is a draw: the White \!:;> goes back and forth
664 - 1 .ixf7! ! 1"\xf? [1 . . . \Wxd4 2 . tt:lg6#] 2 .ctJg6+
in the promotion corner and when the !", arrives
\t>g8 3.tt:lxe5
on a2 there is stalemate [1 . . . \!:tc? 2.ixb7 is a
665 - 1 .\Wxh5 opening the diagonal 1 . . . gxh5
theoretical d raw]
[1 . . .f6 2.\Wxg6+ \Wg7 3.tt:lxe6] 2.ih7#
641 - 1 .h5 ctJh4 2.h6 winning the i
666 - 1 .1"\xg5! fxg5 2 .ie5
642 - 1 .1"\xg?+! \t>xg7 2.\Wf?+ \t>h8 3.\Wh?#
667 - 1 .\Wh?+! tt:lxh7 2.ixh7#
643 - 1 .1"\g4! \Wxg4 all other moves lose the iW
668 - 1 .\Wh5+ \t>g8 2.\Wxe8+
2.\Wxf?+ \t>h8 3.\Wxh?#
669 - 1 .tt:lxc6 1"\xd 1 + 2 .1"\xd 1 winning back the
644 - 1 .f7+ ixf7 2.\Wh?#
iW the exchange up
645 - 1 .g6!! the space advantage allows a
670 - 1 .\t>c2 1"\xc4 2.1"\e 1 #
forced promotion 1 . . . hxg6 [1 .. .fxg6 2 .h6 gxh6
671 - 1 .t2le5+ winning a piece1 . . . ixe5 2.ixg4 +
3 .f6] 2.f6! gxf6 3.h6
672 - 1 .ie5+! ! tt:lxe5 2 .\Wg5#
646 - 1 .ctJh6! \Wxh3 [1 ... gxh6 2.\Wxe6; 1 ... 1"\e?
673 - 1 .ixd5 ixd5 [1 . . . cxd5 2.1"\xa6] 2 .\Wxf6+
2.\Wxe6 1"\xe6 3.ctJf7+ \t>g8 4.tt:lxd8] 2 .tt:lxf7+
674 - 1 .b4!! decoy sacrifice 1 . . . ixb4 2 .t2lc2
intermediate check 2 . . . \t>g8 3.gxh3 with a deci
threatening both the i and the ttJ
sive advantage
675 - 1 .h8 1"\ with the threat of mate to follow on
647 - 1 .1"\xd?+! decoy sacr ifice! 1 . . . \!:txd?
h6 [ 1 .h8\W?? 1"\d8+ 2.\Wxd8 stalemate] 1 . . . 1"\d6
2.tt:le5+ \t>e6 3.tt:lxg6
[ 1 . . . 1"\d? 2.1"\h6+ 1"\d6 3 .1"\xd6#] 2 .\t>c7 either
648 - 1 .ixh7+! tt:lxh7 2.t2lg6 the black iW is
Black loses the rook or it's mate. 1 924 study by
trapped
Troitzky
649 - 1 .ixf7+! vacating a square 1 . . . 1"\xf?
676 - 1 .e7+ \Wxe7 [1 . . . 1"\xe? 2.\Wh8#] 2.\Wh8#
2.tt:lc4 with the capture of the iW
677 - 1 .id2 ! ! ic5 [ 1 . . .ixd2 2 .1"\e7#] 2.ixa5
650 - 1 .if8 ! ! 1"\xf8 [1 . . . \Wxd5 2 .\Wg?#; 1 . . . \Wc1 +
678 - 1 .1"\xc6 bxc6 2 .\Wd4 with mate to follow
2.\t>h2 changes nothing] 2 .tt:le7#
679 - 1 .if6 ! ! \t>xf6 2.d8\W+
651 - 1 .ixb7!! ixb7 2 .t2le6+
680 - 1 .id7 ! ! \Wxd7 2.\Wh6+ [2.\Wg?+ \!:tea
652 - 1 .1"\c6 + ! ! bxc6 2.ixa6#
3.\Wg8#]
653 - 1 .d5! tt:le5 2.\Wa4+ winning the ttJ on e4
681 - 1 .tt:lg4! fxg4 [1 . . . gxf4 2 .ctJf6+] 2 .ixc7
654 - 1 .tt:le6! threatening mate on f8 and the
682 - 1 .\Wxa8! 1"\f8 [1 . . . 1"\xa8 2 .1"\d8+ 1"\xd8
136
Solutions
3 .l'lxd8#] 2.l'ld8 with a winning position
7 1 7 - 1 . . . ile7+ 2.\t>h5 l'lh3# McDonnei-De
683 - 1 .'\Wg6! '\Wxg6 [1 . . . l'lxh7 2.'\We8+] 2 .l'lh8+
Labourdonnais 1 834 0-1
with mate to follow
7 1 8 - 1 ... '\Wxh2+! 2.1t>f1 1Wxf2#
684 - 1 .b4 ilc7 2 . b5+ winning the l'l
719 - 1 . . . d3 controlling e2 with '®h 1 mate to follow
685 - 1 .l'lxf6! gxf6 2 .'\Wg4+ lt>f8 3.'1Wxd7 with a
720 - 1 . . . l'la 1 +! 2.ilxa 1 l'lxa 1 #
decisive advantage
721 - 1 . . . 1Wxd2+ 2.l'lxd2 l'lf1 + 3.1We 1 l'lxe 1 +
686 - 1 . l'lxd7+! decoy sacrifice 1 . . . \t>xd7 2. l'la7+
4.l'ld 1 l'ldxd 1 #
winning the 1W
722 - 1 . . . tt:l h3+ 2 . 1t> h 1 ild5#
687 - 1 .tt:le7+! tt:lxe7 [1 . . . \t>f8 2 .tt:lxc6] 2 .l'ld8#
723 - 1 . . . ilf1 + ! 2 .1Wxf1 '1Wg3#
688 - 1 .tt:lc6
\WeB 2.'\Wxd5
724 - 1 . . . 1Wf3+ 2 .l'lxf3 l'lb1 + and checkmate
689 - 1 .'\Wa3+ \t>g8 [1 . . . '\We7 2 .ilxc6! '\Wxa3
follows
3 .l'lxe8#] 2 .ilxh7+ winning the 1W
725 - 1 . . . l'lxf2! 2 .1t>xf2 [2.1Wxf2 ilc5] 2 . . .ilc5+
690 - 1 .tt:lf6+ l'lxf6 [1 . . . \t>h8 2 .'\Wh7#] 2.1Wxe8+
726 - 1 . . . l'le2+!! 2 .tt:lxe2 tt:le4+ 3.1t>d 1 tt:lf2# 727 - 1 . . .'\Wh3+! 2. lt>xh3 ilf1 + 3. lt>h4 f5#
Mixed motifs: Black page 93
728 - 1 . . . l'lxh3+! 2 .gxh3 g2+ 3.\t>xg2 1Wg3+
691 - 1 . . . l'lxd 1 +! 2.l'lxd 1 1Wxc3 winning a piece
4 . \t> h 1 1Wxh3# Leko-Biatny 1991
692 - 1 . . .'\Wxh2+ 2.l'lxh2 l'lg 1 #
729 - 1 ... '\Wa5+ 2.ila4 '\Wxa4+ 3. bxa4 l'la3#
693 - 1 . . .l'lxd 1 + removing the defender 2.'\Wxd1
730 - 1 . . . '\Wxb 1 ! 2 .ilxb1 l'le2 Gudmundsson-
1Wf2#
Fischer 1 960 0-1 3.ilc1 l'le1 winning the il, with
694 - 1 . . . '\Wh2#
a decisive advantage
695 - 1 . . . ilc4#
731 - 1 . . . ilxf2+ 2 .1Wxf2 [2 .1t>xf2 tt:lxe4+]
696 - 1 . . . l'lff1 2 . b3 l'lg2+
2 . . . tt:l d3+ and wins
697 - 1 . . . l'lg2+ 2.1t>h3 l'lh 1 #
732 - 1 . . . l'ld8! the white 1W can not leave the
698 - 1 . . .l'lb7+! the only way to prevent mate
d iagonai 2 .1Wxf5 l'lxd 1 #
2 .axb7 stalemate [2.\t>a5 l'lb2 theoretical draw]
733 - 1 . . . tt:lf5! simple . . . once you've seen it!
699 - 1 . . . l'le8 and mate on e 1 the next move
2 .tt:lxf5 l'lxg2+ intermediate check 3.\t>c3 :llxf5
700 - 1 . . . '\Wg4+ 2 . 1t> h 1 '1Wf3+ 3.\t>g 1 '\Wg4+
734 - 1 . . . ilh3! 2.l'le1 [2.tt:lxh3 tt:le2+] 2 . . . ilg2
701 - 1 . . . l'lc1 + 2 .1t>b2 l'lc2+ 3.\t>b1 l'lc1 +
3 .exd4 exd4 4 .'\Wc2 ilxh 1 Black wins 735 - 1 . . .ilg2+ 2 .l'lxg2 1Wf1 + 3.l'lg 1 tt:lg3+
4 . \t>xc1 stalemate 702
-
4 .hxg3 1Wh3#
1 . . . l'lxf4! 2 .l'lxf4 g5 with an extra piece
703 - 1 . . . 1Wh 1 + 2.1t>xh1 l'lxf1 #
736 - 1 . . . '\Wxh2+ 2.\t>xh2 tt:lg4+ 3.\t>g 1 ctJh3+
704 - 1 . . . l'lxe3! 2 .1Wxe3 ilxd4 winning the 1W
4 . lt>f1 tt:lh2# Maczinsky-Pratten 1 948
705 - 1 . . . '\Wh 1 + ! 2 .1t>xh 1 l'lf1 #
737 - 1 . . . l'lxa7 ! it can be captured! 2 .l'lh7+ lt>e6
706 - 1 . . . l'lh 1 + 2 .\t>xh 1 '1Wh4+ 3.\t>g 1 1Wh2#
3.l'lxa7 Stalemate, Anand-lvanchuk 2004 . 738 - 1 . . . '\Wc6! ! [ 1 . ..l'ld 1 +? 2.l'lf1 ] 2 .1Wxc6 l'ld 1 +
707 - 1 . . . l'lg 1 + 2 .1t>xg 1 tt:l h3# 708 - 1 . . . ilc5 winning the 1W
3.l'lf1 l'lxf1 #
709 - 1 . . . l'la8 the il is pinned, and if it moves,
739 - 1 . . .tt:lf3+ 2.exf3 '1Wxf1 + Torre-Timman
White will be checkmated
1 982 0-1 3.\t>xf1 ilh3+ 4.\t>g 1 l'le 1 #
71 0 - 1 . . . l'lxf1 + 2.mxf1 1Wh 1 #
740 - 1 . . . ile2+ 2.1t>g2 [2.\t>e4?? ilg4+ 3.\t>d4
7 1 1 - 1 . . . \t>h8! 2.fxg5 tt:lg8 winning the 1W
ilxd7] 2 . . . ilf1 + 3 .1t>f3 [3.\t>g 1 ?? ilh3#] 3 . . . ile2+
7 1 2 - 1 . . . l'le 1 + 2.1Wxe 1 [2.tt:lxe 1 1Wh 1 #]
draw, Chuchelov-Kritz 2003
2 . . . '\Wxg2#
741 - 1 . . . l'lxa3+! 2.\t>xa3 '\Wc5+! 3.1t>a2 '\Wa7#
7 1 3 - 1 . . . l'lg 1 + 2.l'lxg 1 tt:lf2# Cochrane-Staun
742 - 1 . . . l'lf1 + 2 .1t>xf1 [2.1t>h2 '1Wh 1 #] 2 . . . '\Wh 1 +
ton 1 841 0 - 1
3.mf2 tt:lg4# Bogoljubow-Monticelli 1 930
7 1 4 - 1 . . . ilh3! 2 .'\Wxg5 l'lf1 #
743 - 1 . . .'1Wd 1 +! 2 .1t>xd 1 tt:le3+ 3.1t>e1 l'ld 1 #
7 1 5 - 1 . . . l'lb2 with 2 . . . l'la2# to follow, Shabalov-
Chistiakov-Kogan 1 933
Granda Zuniga 2005 0-1
744 - 1 . . . l'le 1 + 2.1t>g2 tt:l h4+ 3.\t>h2 tt:lf3+ d raw,
7 1 6 - 1 ... l'lxe3+ 2.l'lxe3 '\Wh6+ winning the l'l
E renburg-Golod 2005
1 37
Solutions 745 - 1 . . . 1!¥d 1 +! ! 2 .l'i:xd 1 ti:lc2+ 3.ti:lxc2 l'i:xd 1 #
after l'i:d8+ White retakes the pawn with check]
746 - 1 . . . l'i:g3!! Reggio-M ieses 1 903 2 .1!¥xg3
2.�e3 l'i:e5+ 3.�d4 l'i:d5+ 4.�e3 l'i:e5+ 5.�f2
[2 . hxg3 1!¥e3+ 3.�e2 1!¥xe2#] 2 . . . �h4! this is
l'i:f5+ 6.�g 1 l'i:f1 + 7.�h2 l'i:h 1 + 68.�xh 1 stale
the idea: to deflect the 1!¥ from the third ran k
mate
3.�xa6 [3.1!¥xh4 1!¥e3+ 4 .�e2 1!¥xe2#] 3 . . . �xg3+
765 - 1 . . . l'i:xf1 + 2 .�xf1 [2 .l'i:xf1 1l¥xh2#] 2 . . . 1!¥f2#
4. hxg3 1!¥xa6, with a decisive advantage for
766 - 1 . . . ti:lb3 2.l'i:h1 l'i: a 1 #
Black
767 - 1 . . . �f3+ 2.�xf3 �e5! a n d mate on h 2
747 - 1 . . . l'i:xa3!! The back rank! Mikenas
768 - 1 . . . l'i:xc3 Aaron-Fischer 1 962 0-1 2.bxc3
Bronstein 1 965 0-1 [1 . . . 1!¥e 1 +? 2.1!¥f1 ] 2 .1!¥xa3
1l¥b1 + and checkmate follows
[2.bxa3 1!¥xa 1 + 3.l'i:b1 l'i:e 1 + 4 . l'i:xe 1 1!¥xe 1 +
769 - 1 . . . l'i:f2+ 2 .1!¥xf2 1l¥c1#
5.1!¥f1 1l¥xf1 #; 2.1l¥d 1 l'i:xa 1 3.1!¥xa1 1!¥e1 +; 2.l'i:xa3
770
1!¥e 1 + 3.1!¥f1 1!¥xf1 #] 2 . . . 1!¥e 1 + 3 .l'i:xe1 l'i:xe 1 #
the exchange: the ti:l on g3 is overloaded with
-
1 . . . 1!¥xe4! saving the ti:l on d4 and winning
748 - 1 . . . l'i:b6+ 2.g6 l'i:xg6+! 3.�xg6 stalemate,
the twin duties of defending e4 and preventing
Kramnik-Grischuk 2005
the fork on e2 2.ti:lxe4 [2 .�xd4 1!¥xd4] 2 . . . ti:le2+
749 - 1 . . . l'i:xc4! 2.1!¥xc4 1l¥f2+ 3.�h2 1l¥h4+ per
3.�h2 ti:lxc3 with a decisive advantage
petual check, Leko-Kramnik 2004
771 - 1 . . .1!¥xg3+ 2 . hxg3 l'i:h 1 #
750 - 1 . . . �h6! and mate is inevitable! 2.g3
772 - 1 . . . 1!¥xg5!! 2.fxg5 �f3 and mate cannot be
[2.l'i:cxd3 g5#] 2 ... g5+ 3.�h3 ti:lf4# Rodgaard
prevented on h 1
Nunn 1 988
773 - 1 . . . ti:l b3+ 2.�xb3 [2 .�b1 ti:led2#]
751 - 1 . . .1!¥xh3! 2.gxh3 ti:lf2+ 3.�g1 ti:lxh3#
2 . . . 1!¥a 1 #
Torres-Aiekhine 1 922
774 - 1 . . . l'i:xf2+! 2.�xf2 1!¥xe3+ 3.�f1 [3.�xe3
752 - 1 . . . l'i:xd6! 2.1!¥xd6 [2.exd6 1!¥e1 +] 2 . . . l'i:d8!
stalemate] 3 . . . 1!¥c1 + 4.�g2 1!¥d2+ 5.�f3 1!¥e3+
3.1!¥xe7 l'i:d 1 #
perpetual check
753 - 1 . . . 1!¥h 1 + !! 2 .�xh 1 �f3+ 3.�h2 l'i:h 1 #
775 - 1 . . . l'i:b3!! Maric-Giigoric 1 962 0-1 2.axb3
Thierring-Schlechter 1 900
[2.1!¥xa5 l'i:xb 1 + and mate to fol low; 2 .1l¥d 1 l'i:xb 1
754 - 1 . . . l'i:h4! Aaron-Giigoric 1 962 0-1 2 .1l¥g2
3.1!¥xb1 1!¥xf5 winning] 2 . . . 1!¥xd2
[2.1!¥xh4 1!¥xg 1 + 3.�d 1 1!¥xd 1 #] 2 . . .1!¥xg2 3 . l'i:xg2
776 - 1 . . . ti:lb4! 2.cxb4 [2.1!¥xg2 ti:lxa2#] 2 . . . 1!¥xb7
l'i: h 1 + and wins
777 - 1 . . . ti:l b3+!! (to deflect the !J on a2) 2 .axb3
755 - 1 . . . b3 2.cxb3 �xb3#
ti:lc5 the b3 square cannot be defended, and
756 - 1 .. .f3!! with two threats 2 .hxg5 [2.exf3
- surprisingly - White can't parry the double
1!¥e3#] 2 . . .f2#
threat of mate and the capture of 1!¥, Magalotti
757 - 1 . . . 1!¥xc3+! 2 .bxc3 �a3# Macdonell
Pantaleoni 1 981 0-1 2 .1!¥xg7 [2 .ti:lfe4 ti:lxb3+
Boden 1 869
3.�c2 ti:lxd4+ ] 2 . . . ti:lxb3#
758 - 1 . . . . l'i:e2!! simple and elegant: threaten
778 - 1 . . . 1!¥f2+! 2.�xf2 l'i:d 1 + [2 . . . l'i:d2+??
ing mate on h2. Znosko-Borovsky-Duras 1 909
3.�e 1 ] 3 .�e3 �xe3#
2.l'i:xe2 1!¥xf1 #
779 - 1 . . . 1!¥a4! 2.�d3 [2.axb4 1!¥c2#] 2 . . . �xd3
759 - 1 . . . 1!¥a6! [1 . . . 1!¥b5? 2.1!¥xe6+ �h8 3.1!¥xg6
780 - 1 . . . 1!¥f3+! 2 .l'i:xf3 gxf3+ 3.�xf3 �f7 4 . �e4
White wins] 2 .�xg6 1!¥xe2 and wins
�xe7 and Black wins
760 - 1 . . . l'i:h 1 +! ! 2 .�xh 1 �g3 and mate on e1 is
781 - 1 . . . �e5 the White 1!¥ has no squares
unstoppable! Donner-Spanjard 1 961 0-1
available 2.1!¥xe5 [2.1l¥h4 ti:lf3+] 2 . . . ti:lf3+
761 - 1 ... l'i:d 1 + 2.ti:lxd 1 [2.�e2 ti:ld4#] 2 ... 1!¥c4#
782 - 1 . . .f5+! [1 .. .f1 1!¥ 2.l'i:f6+] 2.�xh3 [2.�xf5
762 - 1 . . . 1!¥g2+!! 2.1!¥xg2 [2.l'i:xg2 ti:lh3#]
f1 1!¥+; 2 .gxf6 f11l¥] 2 . . .f11!¥+ 3.�h4 1l¥h 1 + 4.�g3
2 . . . ti:le2#
1!¥e 1 + 5. �f4 1!¥f2#
763 - 1 . . . l'i:e3! 2.C2Jxe3 1!¥xd3+ Tukmakov
783 - 1 . . . 1!¥b6! ! attacking b2 and e3 2.�xb6
Gufeld 1 972 0-1
ti:le2#
764 - 1 ... l'i:f5+! Beliavsky-Babula 2005 1 /2 1 /2
784 - 1 . . . l'i:d8! 2 .1l¥e3 1!¥xc2 ! and the threat of
[1 . . . l'i:e4+?? 2 .�f5 and after 2l'i:e5+the king
l'i:d1 is decisive Barcza-Tal 1 971 0 - 1
reach d8 via g6-h7-g8-f7-e6-d7-e8, and
785
138
-
1 . . . 1!¥e5! ! attacking t h e 1!¥, the ti:l and
Solutions
threatening a fork on d3! 2.Ei:d1 [2.Wxe5 ctJd3+
803 - 1 . . .Wa 1 + 2.�xa 1 �d4+ 3.�b1 Ei:a 1 #
3.ill b 1 Ei:xc 1 #; 2.Ei:c4 ctJd3+ 3 .ill b 1 Wxd4 4 .Ei:xd4
804 - 1 . . . 4Je3 2.fxe3 Wh4+ 3.g3 Wxg3#
Ei:c1 #] 2 . . . Wxg3 and wins
805 - 1 . . . �xe4! 2.Wxe4 [2 .Ei:xe4 Wf1 + 3 .Wxf1
786 - 1 . . .Wxd4! 2.Ei:xd4 Ei:c1 + 3.Wg 1 Ei:xg 1 +
Ei:xf1 #; 2 .Wd 1 �xg2#] 2 . . . Wf1 + 3.Ei:xf1 Ei:xf1 #
4 .ill x g1 �c5 and wins
806 - 1 . . . Wxh2+! 2 . �xh2 ill f7! Neiksans
787 - 1 . . . Ei:d3! threatening mate 2.4Jxd3 �e6#
Stefansson 2004 0-1 , 3 . . . Ei:h8 is inevitable,
788 - 1 . . . 4Jc3 with mate on the way on d 1
with mate to follow
Agrest-Kharlov 1 993 0-1
807 - 1 . . . Ei:h8!! Mackroth-Fiear 0-1 2 .Wxh8
789 - 1 ... Ei:h 1 + 2 .ill x h 1 Wh4+ 3.ill g 2 Wxf2+
�g5+ Black can invert the two moves 3.f4 �h6;
4 .ill h 1 [4.ill h 3 Wg3#] 4 . . . Wh4+ 5.ill g 2 Wg3+
the pawn on h2 will promote
6.ill h 1 Wh3#
808 - 1 . . . Wd3+ ! ! 2.�xd3 �xc6+ 3.ill e 2 �xa4
790 - 1 . . . We4! [1 . . . d5 2 .We 1 !] 2.Wc8+ [2 .Wxe4
with an extra piece
Ei:f1 + 3.Ei:xf1 Ei:xf1#] 2 . . . \t>g7 3.h3 Ei:f1 + 4 . Ei:xf1
809 - 1 . . . Wg6! the "@ must protect e4, d1 and
Ei:xf1 + 5. ill h 2 Wxd3 and wins
itself, Xhu Chen-Spassky 1 999 0-1 2.Wxg6
791 - 1 . . . 4Jf3+ 2.gxf3 Ei:g5+ 3.ill h 1 [3.ill f1 Wh3+
Ei:xd 1 + intermediate check 3.ill h 2 fxg6
4 .ill e 2 Ei:e5#] 3 . . . Wxf2 4.Ei:g1 Wxf3+ 5.Ei:g2
8 1 0 - 1 . . .Wg 1 +! ! 2.Ei:xg 1 ctJf2+ 3.�g2 �h3#
Wxg2#
8 1 1 - 1 . . . 4Je3+! 2.fxe3 [2.�xe3 �f3#] 2 . . . Wf5+!
792 - 1 . . . Ei:a7!! the 2: on b7 is pinned! [1 . . .
3.�xf5 exf5#
g 5 2 .Ei:b8 g 4 3.Ei:db7 and White wins] 2 .Ei:f7
8 1 2 - 1 . . . Ei:b 1 + 2 .Ei:xb1 lt:lc2#
[2.Ei:xh7?! b 1 "@:j:] 2 . . . �h6! Reshevsky-Bole
8 1 3 - 1 . . . Wxg2+ ! ! 2 .ill x g2 Ei:g6+ 3.�f3 [3.� h 1
slavsky 1 953 Yz-Yz [2 . . . b 1 "@? ! 3.Ei:xf8+ mxf8
t/Jxf2#] 3 . . . 4Jd2#
4 .Ei:xb 1 with correct play, a draw; however,
8 1 4 - 1 . . .Wxc2+ 2 .�xc2 �xe4+ 3.�d2 [3.�b3
Black must still suffer] 3.Ei:fe7 �f8 [3 . . . b 1 "@??
�c2#] 3 . . . Ei:c2#
4 .Ei:e8+ breaking the pin on the other 2: 4 . . . �f8
81 5 - 1 . . . 4Jf3+! Kortchnoi-Karpov 1 978 0 - 1
5.Ei:xb 1 ] 4.Ei:f7 �h6 5.Ei:fd7 �f8! draw
2 .gxf3 [2.�h1 ctJf2#] 2 . . . Ei:g6+ 3.�h1 ctJf2#
793 - 1 . . . Ei:xh2+! 2 .�xh2 Wf2+ 3.Ei:g2 Ei:h8+
8 1 6 - 1 . . . �d8! 2 .Ei:d7 Ei:xd4! 3.Ei:xd4 �b6 and
4 .Ei:h5 Ei:xh5+ and wins
wins Szabo-Karsa 1 978
794 - 1 ... Wxg3! 2.4Jc6+ [2.fxg3 lt:lf3#] 2 . . . �xc6
8 1 7 - 1 . . .Ei:xd6!! [1 . . .Ei:f3+? 2 .gxf3 �f1 + 3.Ei:g2]
3 .fxg3 lt:lf3+ 4 . �f1 �b5#
2.Ei:xd6 Ei:f3+! 3.gxf3 �f1 #
795 - 1 . . . �xf2+! White probably thought he was
8 1 8 - 1 . . . 4Ja4!! White may have been expect
winning, but the undefended 2: puts that idea to
ing perpetual check with ctJb5-c3, but this lovely
rest 2 .�d2 [2.�xf2 Wxc 1 +] 2 . . . �xe3+ 3.Wxe3
move, which controls b2 and attacks the W,
Wxe3+ 4.�xe3 4Jc6 and Black wins
wins immediately 2 .�a2 [2.�xa4 Ei:a 1 #; 2.Wxa6
796 - 1 . . .Wg 1 + 2.�xg1 [2.Ei:xg 1 lt:lf2#]
Ei:a 1 #; 2.bxa4 Ei:xb6] 2 . . . 4Jxb6 3.�xb1 and Black
2 . . . Ei:bxg2+ more elegant than the alternative
wins
mate [2 . . . Ei:gxg2+ 3.'it>h1 Ei:xh2+ 4.�g 1 Ei:bg2#]
8 1 9 - 1 . . . Ei:g2! ! deflection and a pin Levy-Gar
3.ill h 1 Ei:g 1 + 4 . Ei:xg1 t/Jf2#
cia 1 971 0-1 [1 . . . h6? 2.Ei:xd3] 2 .Ei:xg2 [2.Ei:xd3
797 - 1 . . . Wxh4! Faarbod- Panno 1 962 0-1
Ei:xf2+] 2 . . . Ei:xa3 and Black wins
2 .ill g 2 [2.4Jxh4 Ei:xf2#; 2 . 4J e4 dxe4] 2 ... t/Jf4+
820 - 1 . . . We2 !! 2 .Ei:xe2 [2.�xf2 Wxf2+ 3 .ill h 1
3.ill f1 Wh 1 + 4 . t/J g 1 Wg2#
Wxe 1 #; 2.Wc1 Ei:xg2+ 3 .ill h 1 Ei:xh2+ 4.�g1
798 - 1 . . . 4Jxg3+ 2 . hxg3 Wh6+ 3.�h3 Wxh3#
Wg2#] 2 . . . Ei:f1 #
799 - 1 . . . Ei:h 1 + 2.�g3 Ei:g 1 + 3.�h2 Ei:h 1 + draw
821 - 1 . . . 1t:lc4! preventing escape on d2 with
800 - 1 . . . Wg2+ 2 .�xg2 t/Jf4+ 3.�g 1 ctJ h3#
mate to follow on a1 or b2
801 - 1 . . . Wf6! breaking the pin on the
ttJ , with
threats to the 2: and "@, Zhu Chen-Kortchnoi
822 - 1 . . .Ei:xc2+ 2 .�xc2 Wc3# 823 - 1 . . . �h4 2 .Wxh4 [2.Wf3 ctJf2+] 2 . . . 4Jxe3#
2000 0-1 2.Ei:h3 t/Jf3+ 3 .Ei:xf3 Wxb2 and wins
824 - 1 . . . Wh3! 2 .Ei:xe2 Wxf1 #
802 - 1 . . . 4Jc7! and both � and
825 - 1 . . . Wg3+!! 2 .�xg3 hxg3# [or 2 . . . �xg3#]
ened
ILl are threat
826 - 1 . . . 12lh4! with mate on the way Vera-
1 39
Solutions
Nataf 2003 0-1 37.l"1f2 l"18g2+ 38.l'i:xg2 tt'lf3#
l'i:f2+ 5 . 1t> h 1 l'i:f1 + draw
827 -1 . . .'1'9xh2+ 2.c.hh2 hxg3#
851 - 1 . . . l'i:e1 + 2.1t>h2 l'i:h 1 +! 3.1t>xh 1 l'i:e1 +
828 - 1 . . . l'i:e2!! Bagirov-Kholmov 1 961 0-1
4.lt>h2 l'i: h 1 +! 5.1t>xh1 stalemate, Kuzubov-Graf
attacking c3 and f2 2 .l'i:xe2 [2 ."Wxf6 l'i:xe1 + check
2005
and then capture on f6] 2 . . . "Wxc3 and wins
852 - 1 . . . 1t>e6! a mating net forms: the
829
-
1 . . . "Wc4+! 2 .tt'lxc4 bxc4#
It>
protects d5 and prepares for �f8 2.tt'lc3 �f8+ 3.1t>c6 l'i:b6+ 4.1t>xc7 �d6+ 5 .1t>c8 l'i:b8#
830 - 1 . . . l'i:c1 + 2.1t>h2 tt'lxg4+ 3.lt>g3 l'i:g 1 # 831 - 1 . . . "Wd6! deflecting the "W from the
853 - 1 . . . tt'lg3+ Shaoteng-Wenjin 2003 0 - 1
defence of the e1 square 2.hxg4 [2."Wxd6
2 .hxg3 hxg3 strangely, White c a n do nothing
l'i:xe1 #; 2.l"1xe8+ l'i:xe8 3.�d2 "Wh2+ 4.1t>f1 "Wh 1 #]
about the checks on h6/h4 or c1 if the � moves.
2 . . . "Wxb4 and wins
3.�d4 "Wh6+ 4.lt>g 1 "Wc1 #
832 - 1 . . . l"1xg2 [ 1 . . . "Wf1 +? 2."Wg 1 l'i:xg2 3."Wxf1 ]
854 - 1 . . . "Wxg2+ 2 .�xg2 tt'lg4# Donaldson
2.l'i:xg2 "Wf1 + 3."Wg 1 �xg2#
Wang 2002
833 - 1 . . . l'i:c5!! 2 .l'i:xc5 [2.dxc5 "Wd 1 #; 2 .l'i:xd7
855 - 1 . . . l'i:xh2+! 2 .1t>xh2 [2.l'i:xh2 "Wxc6+]
l'i:c1 #] 2 . . ."Wxb7 and wins
2 . . . "Wxg3+ 3.1t>h1 "Wg 1 #
834 - 1 . . ."Wg 1 + 2.l'i:xg 1 tt'lf2#
856 - 1 . . . l'i:b2+ 2.l'i:d2 [2.1t>f1 "Wf3+ 3.lt>g 1 "Wg2#]
835 - 1 . . . 1t>g7! and mate is inevitable, Macieja-
2 . . . "Wd 1 !! 3.l'i:xb2 "Wxd8 and wins
Fontaine 2003 0 - 1 [35 . . . 1t>xg6?? 36.tt'lf4+ and
857 - 1 . . . tt'lf2+!! 2 .�xf2 l'i:b 1 + 3.�g 1 l'i:xg 1 + !
wins; 35 .. .fxg6 36."Wc7+ perpetual check]
Cerda-Fiorito 2003 0 - 1 4.lt>xg 1 "We 1 #
836 - 1 . . . �h3+ 2.1t>xh3 [2 .1t>f3 "Wg4#; 2.lt>g1
858 - 1 . . . 1t>h6! protecting h 5 with the threat
"Wf1 #] 2 ... "Wf1 #
of g4+ and "Wf6 # (Lujan-Morovic 2003 0- 1 )
837 - 1 . . . l'i:f8 2 .l'i:d8 "Wh4+ capturing the pinned
2."Wd4 "Wf1 #
"Wf6, Makogonov-Chekhover 1 937 0-1
859 - 1 . . . 1t>f6! and "We6 mate is inevitable 2.�f5
838 - 1 . . . tt'lf2+ 2 .l'i:xf2 "Wxa 1 + 3 .l'i:f1 "Wxf1 #
gxf5
839 - 1 . . . "Wc6+! 2."Wxc6 [2.tt'lc3 "Wxb7] 2 . . . tt'l b3#
860 - 1 . . . l'i:xh5+! 2.l"1xh5 l'i:h6! 3.l'i:xh6 lt>xh6 with
840 - 1 . . . "Wd2+! 2.lt>b1 [2.l'i:xd2 l'i:xd2+ 3.1t>b1
the It> so far away the � will promote
l'i:xb2#] 2 ... "Wxb2+ 3.l"1xb2 l'i:d 1 + 4 . 1t>c2 l'i:d2+
861 - 1 . . . �f5! e 2 . . . l'i:h8 mate cannot be avoided
5.1t>b1 l'i:xb2#
862 - 1 . . . l'i:g2+ D iu-Akopian 2002 0 - 1 2.�xg2
841 - 1 . . . "Wg2+ 2.l'i:xg2 tt'l h3#
l'i:d 1 + 3.�f1 l'i:xf1 #
842 - 1 . . . "We2! Shkuran-lvanchuk 2004 0 - 1
863 - 1 . . . "Wxg2+! 2."Wxg2 l'i:xe2 the "W is pinned
[1 . . . �xf2+? 2 . 1t> h 1 is less effective] 2.l'i:xe1
and Black remains the exchange u p
"Wxf2+ 3.1t>h1 "Wg 1 #
864 - 1 . . . "Wf3!! 2 .gxf3 l"1xg 1 a n d mate on g2,
843 - 1 . . . tt'lg3+ 2.fxg3 "We 1 #
Schneider-Roiz 2005 0-1
844 - 1 . . . l'i:f2+ 2 .�xf2 [2 .1t>g1 l'i:f1 + 3 .lt>g2??
"Wf3+ 4 .1t>h2 l'i:h 1 #] 2 . . . "Wxf2+ 3 . lt> h 1 "Wf1 +
Mate i n three page 1 09
845 - 1 . . . "Wd 1 +! [1 . . . "Wf1 +?? 2."Wg 1 and wins]
865 - 1 ."Wc8+ �b8 2."Wc6+!! �xc6 3.�xc6#
2."Wg 1 "Wh5+ 3.l'i:h2 "Wf3+ 4."Wg2 "Wd 1 + with
866 - 1 ."Wxh5+!! �xh5 2.f7+ discovered check
perpetual check, Topalov-Motylev 2003
2 . . . e5 3 .�xe5#
846 - 1 . . . "Wd3+! [ 1 . . . "Wb1 +?? 2 .1t>e2 "Wc2+ 3.1t>f1
867 - 1 .�d2! controlling a5 1 . . . l'i:xd4 [1 . . . b5
"Wf5+ 4.lt>g1 "Wg6+ 5 .1t>f2 "Wf5+ 6."Wf4] 2.1t>c1
2.axb5+ cxb5 3.cxb5#] 2.b5+ cxb5 3.axb5#
"Wc3+ 3.1t>d 1 "Wd3+ d raw
868 - 1 .l'i:h8+! lt>xh8 2."Wh6+ and we see the
847 - 1 . . . l'i:xc3+ 2 .bxc3 �a3+ 3 .1t>c2 �f5#
idea 2 . . . 1t>g8 3."Wxg7#
848
-
1 . . . �xc3! 2 . bxc3 l'i:f6+ 3.lt>g2 "Wf1 + 4 .lt>h2
869 - 1 ."We8+! lt>xe8 2.�b5+ lt>d8 [2 . . . 1t>f8
l"1f2+ 5.l'i:xf2 "Wxf2+ 6 .lt>h3 "Wf1 + draw
3 .l'i:e8#] 3 .l'i:e8#
849 - 1 . . . "Wxf2 + ! ! 2 .1t>xf2 [2.1t>h3 "Wf1 + 3.1t>h2
870 - 1 ."Wxg7+!! tt'lxg7 2.l'i:h6+ lt>g8 3.tt'le7#
l'i:e2#] 2 ... l'i:e2+ 3.lt>g1 l'i:e 1 + 4 .lt>h2 l"18e2+
871 - 1 .tt'le6+!! "Wxe6 [1 .. .fxe6 2."Wf8#; 1 . . . 1t>g8
5.lt>h3 l'i:h 1 #
2 ."Wb8+ "Wd8 3."Wxd8#] 2."Wh6+! lt>xh6 [2 . . . 1t>g8
850 - 1 . . . tt'l h3+ 2.lt>g2 l'i:f2+ 3.lt>g3 l'i:f3+ 4.lt>g2
3."Wf8#] 3.�f8#
140
Solutions 872 - 1 .'&g7+! ! �xg7 2.ltJh6+ lilh8 3.fxg7#
897 - 1 .�f8+! Wxf8 2.�xf8+ �xf8 3.Wxg6#
873 - 1 .\Mff8+! �xf8 2.�xf8+ l!id7 3.e6#
898 - 1 .�xb6+! Wxc6 2 .�xa2+
874 - 1 .ltJ b6+! cxb6 [1 . . . 1!/bB 2 .�d8#] 2.c7+
899 - 1 .�xf7+! �xf7 2.ctJf6+ lilh8 3.�g8#
ltJd5 3 .1xd5#
900 - 1 .Wxh6+ ! ! lilxh6 [1 . . . gxh6 2.�xh8#]
875 - 1 .ltJe4! the threat of ltJf6 is lethal 1 . . . f5
2.�xh8+ l!lg5 3.�h5#
[1 . . . Wxg3 2 .ctJf6#] 2.�xg6+ lilf7 3.Wg7#
901 - 1 .�h8+ lilf7 2 .Wxg7+! lilxg7 3 . � 1 h7#
876 - 1 .Wxc6+! bxc6 2.1xa6+ Wb7 3.ltJxe7#
902 - 1 .Wc6! ! threatens mate and pins the 1
877 - 1 .ltJxg7+ l!id8 2 .Wf6+! ltJxf6 3.1e7#
1 . . .1xc6 [1 . . . bxa5 2.�d8+ WeB 3 .�xc8#; 1 . . . �g7
Anderssen-Kieseritsky London 1 851
2 .�d8+ WeB 3 .�xc8#] 2.�d8+ WeB 3.�xc8#
878 - 1 .Wa6+! problem by Stamma 1 . . . ttJxa6
903 - 1 .Wxd8+ ! lilxd8 2.1f6+ l!le8 3 .�c8#
[1 . . . lilb8 2 .Wxb7#] 2.1xb7+ l!ib8 3.ltJc6#
904 - 1 .Wxh8+! lilxh8 2.1f6+ l!/g8 3 .�e8#
879 - 1 .�g5+! l!lxg5 [1 . . . lilh6 2 .ltJf7#] 2 .ltJf7+
905 - 1 .1g7+! lilg8 [1 . . . 1xg7 2.�xe8+ 1f8
lilh5 3 .g4#
3 .�xf8#] 2 .1d5+ �e6 3.1xe6#
880 - 1 .ctJh5+ ! ! �xh5 2.�xg6+! l!lxg6 3.�e6#
906 - 1 .Wa8+ lilh7 2 .Wh8+! ltJxh8 3.�g7#
study by Abu Nairn, from around the year 800!
907 - 1 .Wxc5+ ! Stamma 1 . . . dxc5 [1 . . . ltJ b5
881
-
1 .ltJg4+!! a problem by Stamma from the
2 . ltJ c4#] 2.ltJc4+ l!lb5 3.�b6#
18th century. . . perhaps too similar to the previous
908 - 1 .1g7+! �xg7 2.Wh6+ �h7 3.Wxh7#
study by Abu Nairn! 1 . . .�xg4 2.�f5+ lilxf5 3.�d5#
909 - 1 . h4+ lilh5 2.�f5+! gxf5 3.1f7#
882 - 1 .ctJh6! ms 2.�g8+ �xg8 3.ltJxf7#
910
883 - 1 .We6 ! ! The � on a6 and the 1 on c8
9 1 1 - 1 .�e5! b4 [1 . . . 1!/h3 2 .�e4 l!ixh2 3 .�h4#]
-
1 .g4+! hxg3 2.e4+ l!if4 3 .�f6#
control h6 and h3 respectively. No matter how
2 .lilg2 b3 3. h3#
Black recaptures on e6 the capturing piece
9 1 2 - 1 .�xf8+! 1xf8 2.Wf7 + lilh8 3.Wxf8#
will interfere with the action of its compan-
9 1 3 - 1 .Wf6+! 1xf6 2.gxf6+ lilf8 3.�xh8#
ion. 1 . . . 1xe6 [1 . . .�xe6 2 .ltJ hg6+ l!lg8 3.�h8#]
9 1 4 - 1 .Wxf8+ l!ixf8 2.1h6+ lilg8 3.�e8#
2 .ltJf5+ lilg8 3.ltJe7#
9 1 5 - 1 .�f4+ lilh5 2.g3! �hf8 3 .�h4#
884 - 1 .Wg6+ ! ! 1xg6 2.ltJg5+! hxg5 3. hxg6#
9 1 6 - 1 .Wxh7+! lilxh7 2 .�h3+ l!lg8 3.ltJxe7#
d iscovered and double check
917
885 - 1 .Wh6! 1xf6 [1 . . .1xh6 2.ltJe7#] 2.ltJxf6+
3.ltJf7#] 3.ctJd7#
-
1 .�xe8+! �xe8 2. �g7+ lilf8 [2 . . . 1!/hB
lilh8 3.Wxh7#
9 1 8 - 1 .Wxh6+! gxh6 2 .�g8+ �xg8 3.ltJxf7#
886 - 1 .lilf5 threatening mate on g6. Without
9 1 9 - 1 .1g7+! lilf7 2 .We6+! ltJxe6 3.dxe6#
the presence of the !':,, it would be a theoretical
920 - 1 .Wxg8+!! l!lxg8 [1 . . . 1!/e? 2.We8#]
d raw 1 . . . �g7 2.�h8+ �h7 3.�xh7#
2.�h8+! lilxh8 3.1f7#
887 - 1 .�xd5+ cxd5 2.ltJg6+ hxg6 3.f4#
921 - 1 .Wxf6! gxf6 2.�g 1 + lilh8 3.1xf6#
888 - 1 .ltJ h5+ gxh5 2.Wg5+ lilf8 3.�d8#
922 - 1 .Wxf8+! lilxf8 2.�d8+ l!le7 3.�e8#
889 - 1 .Wxh7+! [the same mate follows
923 - 1 .Wg4 + ! ! 1xg4 2.�xh6+ gxh6 3.1f7#
1 .ltJxf7+ ltJxf7 2 .Wxh7+! ltJxh7 3.ltJg6#]
924 - 1 .Wa8+ Wa7 2.�xb6+! ! 1xb6 [2 . . . 1!/xb6
1 . . . ltJxh7 2.ltJxf7+! ltJxf7 3.ltJg6#
3.Wc6#] 3.1c4#
890 - 1 .g4+! fxg3 2.ltJg2! g4 3 .ltJf4#
925 - 1 .Wg7+!! l!lxg7 2 .ltJf5+ lilg8 3.ltJh6#
891 - 1 .1b6 + ! ! l!lxb6 2.c8ltJ+ l!la5 3.b4# Lolli
926
1 8th century
927 - 1 .We6 + ! ! fxe6 2.1h5+ g6 3 .1xg6#
-
1 .Wf8+ l!id7 2 .1e6+! l!lxe6 3.Wf5#
892 - 1 .�c6+!! 1xc6 2 .ltJc5+ l!la5 3.1c7#
928 - 1 .Wxh7 + ! ! ltJxh7 2 .1xh7+ lilh8 3 . ltJg6#
893 - 1 .Wh8+! ! elegant and strong 1 . . . 1!/xhB
929 - 1 .�g8+! ! l!lxg8 [1 . . . �xg8 2 .1f6+ �g7
2.1f6+ l!/g8 3.�d8#
3.�d8#] 2.�g 1 + lilh8 3.1f6#
894 - 1 .�g 1 + lilh6 2 .�d2 [otherwise 2.�d3]
930 - 1 .ltJa6 + ! ! �xd8 2 .Wb8+! �xb8 3.ltJc7#
2 . . . �ad8 3.�h2#
931 - 1 .�a8+! l!lxa8 2.ltJd7!! �e7 3.�a4#
895 - 1 .1b6 ! ! 1f4 [1 . . .1xb6 2.1!ixb6 e 1 =W
932 - 1 .Wg8 + ! ! �xg8 2 .ltJxg6+ hxg6 3.�h4#
3.c7#] 2.c7+ 1xc7 3.1a7#
933 - 1 .ltJc7+ l!if8 2.Wd8+! 1xd8 3 .�e8#
896 - 1 .�a8+! l!lxa8 2 .Wa6+ lilb8 3 .Wxb7#
934 - 1 .Wxd6+ ! ! l!ixd6 2.1f4+ lild7 3 .1e6#
141
Solutions 935 - 1 .l"k8+ ! ! "®xc8 2 ."®xg7+ l'!xg7 3.l'!xg7#
2 . . . 1t>f8 3.'2l5g6+ hxg6 4.'2lxg6#
936 - 1 ."®h6+! ! l'!xh6 2 ..bh6+ lt>h7 3.if8#
962 - 1 .'2lf6+ "®xf6 2.l'!fe 1 + ie6 [2 . . . ie7
937 - 1 ."®xd8+ ! ! l'!xd8 2.gxf7+ lt>e7 3.ic5#
3."®d8#] 3.ia4+! ti:Jxa4 4."®d7#
938 - 1 .'2le6!! l'!xf7 [1 . . . "®xh4 2 .ig7#] 2 .g5+
963 - 1 .l'!xh7+ lt>xh7 2."®h3+ lt>g7 3.ih6+ lt>h7
"®xg5+ 3."®xg5#
[3 . . . \t>f? 4 ."®e6#] 4 .if8#
939 - 1 ."®xh6+ gxh6 2.l'!xh6+ l'!h7 3.ixf6#
964 - 1 .'2lxe6+ lt>e7 [1 . . . l'!xe6 2."®h8+ lt>t7
940 - 1 ."®xg7+! lt>xg7 2 .l'!g4+ lt>h8 3.if6#
3.l'!xg7#] 2.l'!xg7+ lt>xe6 3."®g6+ lt>xe5 4.f4#
941 - 1 ."®g5!! l'!g8 2."®xh6+ gxh6 3.l'!xg8#
Miles-Jakobsen 1 984
942 - 1 ."®xf7+ ti:Jxf7 2 .ixf7+ lt>d8 3.'2le6#
965 - 1 ."®e8+! l'!xe8 [1 . . . ixe8 interfering with
943 - 1 .'2le7+! [1 ."®xh7+? lt>xh7 2.l'!h1 + lt>g6!]
the l'!'s control of the c8 square 2 . c7+ l'!xf3
1 ... \t>h8 2 ."®xh7+! lt>xh7 3.l'!h 1 #
3.c8"®#] 2.l'!xe8+ ixe8 3.c7+ l'!xf3 4 .c8"®#
944 - 1 .'2lf6+! gxf6 [ 1 . . . \t>h8 2 .'2lf7#] 2."®f7+
M ieses-Von Bardeleben 1 905
lt>h8 3."®h7#
966 - 1 ."®xh7+ lt>xh7 2.'2lf6+ double check
945 - 1 ."®h7+! lt>xh7 2 .'2lf6+ lt>h8 3.'2lg6#
2 . . . \t>h8 3.l'!h3+ "®h4 4 . l'!xh4# 967 - 1 .'2lf6+ gxf6 2 ."®h7+ lt>f8 3 .'2lxe6+ fxe6
4.ih6# Medrutchi-Freytag 1 935
Mate i n fou r page 1 1 7 946 -1 .'2lf6 l'!e7 2.l'!xe7 l'!a7 3.l'!xa7 a 1 "® 4 .l'!h7#
968 - 1 .l'!xf7+ l'!xf7 2 . '2l h5+ lt>h8 [2 . . . \t>g8
947 - 1 .g8"®+ lt>xg8 [1 . . . \t>f6 2 ."®e6#] 2 .1t>e6
3."®d8#] 3."®d8+ l'!f8 4 ."®xf8#
zugzwang 2 . . . \t>h8 3.\t>f7 e5 4 .ig7# A famous
969 - 1 ."®xg6+! lt>h8 [1 . . . \t>xg6 2.l'!g3#] 2.ixf5
1 895 study by Troitzky
removing the defender 2 . . . exf5 [2 . . . l'!xf6
948 - 1 . '2lf7+ lt>g8 2.'2lh6+ lt>h8 3."®g8+ l'!xg8
3."®h7#] 3."®xh6+ l'!h7 4."®xh7#
4.'2lf7# smothered mate
970 - 1 .l'!h8+ ixh8 2 ."®h7 threatening mate on
949 - 1 .exf7+ lt>f8 2 .l'!e8+ l'!xe8 3.ig7+ lt>xg7
g8 2 . . . "®g6 3."®xh8+ "®g8 4."®xg8# Martinez
4.fxe8"®#
Vaganian Moscow 1 975
950 - 1 ."®e3+ lt>h7 2 ."®a7+ lt>h6 [2 . . . \t>h8
971 - 1 .ig7 + ! ! decoys and opens a line
3."®g7#] 3."®g7+ lt>h5 4 ."®g5# Martens
1 ... \t>xg7 2.l'!xh7+! lt>xh7 3."®xg6+ lt>h8 4."®h7#
Grabchevsky 1 968
972 - 1 .f6+ \t>g8 [ 1 . . . "®xf6 2."®h6+ lt>g8 3."®h7#]
951 - 1 ."®g6+ fxg6 2 .ig8+ lt>h8 3 .if7+ lt>h7
2 .l'!h8+ lt>xh8 3."®h6+ lt>g8 4."®g7# Marshall
4.fxg6# [4.ixg6#]
Marco 1 900
952 - 1 .'2le7+ ixe7 2.ixe6+ l'!f7 3 ."®xf7+ lt>h8
973 - 1 ."®g7+! ! l'!xg7 2.hxg7+ \t>g8 3.l'!h8+
4 ."®h5#
lt>xf7 4 .g8"®#
953 - 1 ."®g8+ l'!xg8 2.'2lxg6+ lt>h7 3.'2le5+ lt>h8
974 - 1 ."®c7+! taking away an escape square!
4.'2lf7#
1 . . . '2lxc7 2 . '2l b6+!! lt>b8 [2 . . . axb6 3.l'!d8#]
954 - 1 .ixh7+ l'!xh7 2 .l'!xh7 threatening "®h8
3.l'!d8+ "®c8 4.l'!xc8# Manka-Braga 1 992
mate 2 . . . \t>xh7 3."®h8+ lt>g6 4."®h5#
975 - 1 ."®h7+ ti:Jxh7 2.'2l hg6+ lt>g8 3.'2lxe7+
955 - 1 .ih6+ lt>g8 2."®g5+!! deflection 2 . . . "®xg5
lt>h8 4 .'2l5g6# Majewskaja-Kirjenko 1 974
3.l'i:e8+ if8 4.l'!xf8#
976 - 1 ."®h6+! ixh6 2 .ixh6+ lt>h7 3.if8+ "®h4
956 - 1 .ixg7+ lt>xg7 2.l'!f7+ lt>xh6 3."®xh7+
4.l'!xh4#
lt>g5 4 .l'!f5#
977 - 1 .'2lc7+ "®xc7 2 ."®e2+ "®e5 3."®xe5+ ie7
957 - 1 . b8"®+ l'!xb8 2.id4+ lt>b7 [2 . . . \t>a6
4 ."®xe7#
3.l'!a 1 + lt>b7 4.l'!a7#] 3.l'!c7+ lt>a6 4 .l'!a7#
978 - 1 ."®xh6+! gxh6 2.id4+ ie5 3.ixe5+ l'!f6
958 -1 .l'!h3+ '2lh6+ 2.l'!xh6+ gxh6 3.g7+ �h7 4.g6#
4 .ixf6#
959 - 1 .l'!g1 + lt>h3 2."®h7+ l'!h4 3."®d7+!!
deflection 3 . . . "®xd7 [3 . . . l'!g4 4 ."®xg4#] 4 .l'!g3#
Curiosities page 1 2 1
960 - 1 .l'!d7!! threatening 2."®h6 mate 1 . . . ixd7
979 -This seems a study, but i t i s actually
2."®d6+ l'!e7 3."®h6+ lt>e8 4.l'!g8#
from a real game (Kopylov-Karlson 1961 , with
961 - 1 ."®g8+ decoy sacrifice 1 . . . \t>xg8
colours reversed) . 1 . l'!d6! ! , 1 . . . '2lxd6 2. ie3#, or
[1 . . . l'!xg8 2.'2lf7#] 2 . '2l e7+ discovered check
1 . . . gxf6 2 . l'!c6#, or 1 . . . l'!c8 2. '2lxa6#
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Solutions 980 - Black, with a completely won position,
tt'le2#; 3.fxg3 tt'le2+ 4.h1 E\xf1 #] 2 . . . tt'le2+
played . . . d4?? L�c3 and mate on h8 cannot be
3 . h 1 tt'lxg3+ 4 .fxg3 E\xf1 #
prevented! Garcia-lvkov 1 965 1 -0. Had lvkov
991 - Here White accepted a draw offer, but. . .
not made this blunder, he would have won the
1 .E\g7!! would have won the game; it threatens
tournament ahead of Smyslov (the tournament
tt'lf5 mate1 . . . ci>xg7 [1 . . .Wic8 2 .tt'lf5+ Wixf5 3.gxf5
winner), Fischer and Geller! 981 - 1 . . .Wia5+ and Black wins the
ci>xg7 4.e4 and wins] 2. tt'le6+ ci>t? 3 . tt'lxd8+ with
il, on g5,
victory
Djordievic-Kovacevic 1 984 0- 1 . In subsequent
992 - 1 .ci>g3! ! The is heading to h6 with mate
years, other master strength players have made
on g7 and there is nothing Black can do about
this error eight times . . . but on two occasions
it! 1 . . .Eice8 2 .f4 il.c8 3.ci>g5 Short-Timman 1991 1 -0
managing to salvage a draw! 982
-
993 - 1 .g5! ! il.d5 2.h6! Weenink-Gans 1 936
1 . h8tt'l+! a Wi or E\ promotion creates
stalemate, whereas a il, promotion creates a
1 -0 , and mate g7 is on the way
theoretical draw. Now it is mate i n 1 4 moves with
994 - 1 .Wia8! winning a piece: Panczyk
best play!
Schurade 1 978 1 -0 1 . . . E\xa8 [1 . . . E\b7 2 .Wixb8
983 - 1 .h2! Schlechter-Meitner 1 899 1 -0 , the
E\xb8 3.tt'lxe7+] 2 .tt'lxe7+ h7 3.tt'lxc8
threat of il.f2 cannot be met
995 - White has just sacrificed the Wi on f6 and
984 - 1 . c 1 .il.h7! as odd looking as it is effective!
Black resigned! BUT. .. 1 . . . Wig4! would have
The idea is to control g8. Hommeles-Skoblikov
won the game [1 . . . gxf6? 2.E\g3+ h8 3.il.xf6#]
1 992 1 -0 . 1 . . . E\xh7 [1 . . . il.xc5 23.Wixc5+ and
2 .hxg4 gxf6 and the g file is not accessible for
mate; 1 . . . il.d6 2.Wie8+! Wixe8 34.il.xd6+ Wie7
White, who is simply a E\ down
4.il.xe7+ ci>e8 5 .il.f5 and wins] 2.il.xe7+ ci>g8
996 - Seeing mate on f1 or e 1 , White threw in
3.il.xd8 E\xd8 4 .Wie8+ E\xe8 5.E\xe8#
the towel, Jonasson-Angantysson 0-1 , BUT
985 - The famous encounter Von Popiel-Marco
1 .tt'le3! results i n f1 being protected by the Wi
1 902. Here Black - not seeing any way to save
the pinned il, - resigned. In fact, he could have
[1 . h 1 ?? exf1 Wi#] 1 . . . il.xe3+ 2 . ci> h 1 exf1Wi+ 3.Wixf1 with a decisive advantage
won with 1 . . . il.g 1 !! threatening mate on h2
997 - Faced with the threat of Wixh3+, White
2.xg1 [2.Wixd7 Wixh2#] 2 . . . E\xd3 3.il.xd3 il.xe4
resigned; however, he could have won the
986 - Black threatens the Wi and the ; it is
game with1 .E\e8+ [U 'lxd4? Wixe 1 +] 1 . . . ci>d7
impossible to save both! 1 .tt'ld5+ the power of
2 .E\e3! ! Wif4 3.E\xd4+! Wixd4 4 .E\d3 Wixd3 5 .tt'le5+
double check 1 . . . d8 [1 . . . ci>b7 2.Wic7+ a6
998 - Black has just captured on e 1 , and White
3.Wib6#; 1 . . . ci>b8 2 .Wic7#] 2 .Wic7+ ci>e8 3.Wie7#
resigned because of1 .xe 1 Ele3+ 2 .d2 E\xe5,
987 - 1 Jle5!! strange but true: White wins a piece
but the intermediate move 1 .g6! would have
1 . . .il.xe5 [1 . . . E\dxe5+ 2.dxe5 Black has two pieces
saved the day: the check on g7 is fatal
hanging] 2.dxe5 The will win one of the Els
999 - White resigned atthis point in the game
988 - 1 .tt'lh7!! Razuvaev-Mestrovic 1 98 1 1 -0
Torre-NN played in a simultaneous exhibition in
1 . . . E\xc8 [1 . . . xh7 2.E\xf8] 2.tt'lxf6+ intermed iate
1 924. In fact, Torre could have won by playing
check 2 . . . gxf6 3.E\xc8+ and wins
1 .E\d6! ! [1 .f7?? E\c1 + 2.e2 d 1 Wi+] 1 . . . E\xd6 [ 1 . . .
989 - Black has just promoted to a
l2l in order to
cxd6 now the f\, o n d2 i s n o longer a threat 2.f7
prevent the fork on f3; remember that 2 tt'ls vs. m
and wins] 2.g8Wi+ ci>d7 [2 . . J''l d 8 3.Wixd8+ ci>xd8
is a theoretical draw . Now White doesn't seem to
4 .f7] 3.Wixh7+ ci>c6 4 .Wie4+ ci>b6 5.Wib4+ c6
have a move, but there is . . . 1 .tt'lf3+!! tt'lxf3+ 2.g3
6.Wixc5+ xc5 7.f7 and wins
attacking all three tt'ls 2 . . . ci>e3 the only chance,
1 000 - 1 .a7! ! with the threat of il.b6 mate.
but now it stalemate! A 1 937 study by Kubbel
Steei-NN 1 886 1 -0
990 - 1 . . . Wig3!! Other less spectacular moves
1 001 - 1 .e4! From a 1 935 study by Kasparian.
win too. Wrongly or rightly, many consider this
The f\, not only forks the two E\s, but also
to be the most spectacular tactical move of all
threatens mate on the following move! 1 . . . E\c5
time: Levitzky-Marshall 1 9 1 2 . 2 .Wixg3 [2.hxg3
[1 . . . E\g5 2.exd5#] 2 .exf5#
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Tactics
closing lines ( a . k . a . i nterference or obstruction) a tactic that results in the obstruction of a file, rank or diagona l, with short term tactical consequences for the opponent combination a combination of two or more dif ferent tactical motifs i n series, often involving a sacrifice decoy sacrifice a sacrifice that forces the captur ing piece to a key square, with negative conse q uences deflection a capture or threat forces a piece away from its defence of a piece or a key square discovery the movement of a piece u n masks a threat by a second piece double attack (see fork) a single piece threatens two undefended pieces simu ltaneously. discovered check the movement of a piece un masks a check by a second piece double check the movement of a piece that checks the king u nmasks another check from a second piece double threat the most im portant single concept in tactics : a move by a single piece creates two problems simu ltaneously ( e . g . threat of mate and unprotected piece capture, threat of mate and pawn promotion, etc . ) . Most other tactical terms describe specific types of a double threat. fork a double attack by a pawn or a knight intermediate move ( a . k . a . zwischenzug, intermezzo, or in-between move) an u nexpected move by an opponent in a planned tactical se quence opening lines ( a . k . a . clearance) a tactic that re sults in the opening of a fi le, rank or diagonal, with short term tactical consequences for the opponent pin the movement of a piece is impossible or restricted as it is on the same line of attack as the king or a more valuable piece removing the defender ( a . k . a . removing the guard ) the capture of a key defending piece, usu a l ly involving a sacrifice sacrifice the capture of a piece by a more va lu able piece so as to gain a subsequent tactical or strategic benefit skewer the movement of a piece under attack would result in the capture of an undefended piece of less value on the same line of attack wind mill a series of repeated discovered checks that result in the capture of several pieces by the piece which u n masks check
M iscella neous
blockade stopping a pawn's advance by placing (usua lly) a bishop or knight in front of it epaulette mate a back rank checkmate made possible because the king's movement is restricted by the presence of a piece of the same colour on each side of the king, usually the rooks escape square an unoccupied square that an at tacked piece can flee to exchange sacrifice the exchange of a rook for a bishop or knight the square ( a . k . a . the square of the pawn) a sim ple method for determining if a king can prevent a pawn from promoti ng. Visualise a square made u p o f t h e line between pawn and its promotion square and three other lines of equal length. If an unim peded king is in that square with the opponent to move, the king can prevent pawn promotion. hanging piece an undefended piece that is under attack loose piece an u ndefended piece that is not under immediate attack mating net usually q u iet moves that trap the king in preparation of mate Novotny theme this is the term used when a piece is sacrificed on a square where it could be taken by two d ifferent opponent pieces - which ever piece makes the capture obstructs the action of the other. overloaded piece a piece that has more defen sive tasks than it can cope with promotion a pawn reaches the last ran k and is su bstituted by any other piece. smothered mate a checkmate in which the king cannot move because of the presence of pieces of the same colour on all adjacent squares to the king stalemate the game is a draw when a player's king is not in check and he can't make a legal move theoretical draw a known endgame position where a draw is the inevitable result of best play vacating a square a piece moves with a threat or a sacrificial capture in order to a l low access for another piece of the same colour to the square the capturing piece previously occupied wrong coloured bishop ( a . k . a . wrong bishop) a bishop that controls the dark squares in an end game position where you req uire a bishop that con trols the light squares to win or draw, or vice versa zugzwang a position that would be sound if you could skip you r move, i . e . it is you r turn to move, and any move you make will have negative con sequences
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Chess is 99% tactics. If this celebrated observation is true for the master, how much more so for beginners and casual players! If you want to win more games, nothing works better than training combinations. There are two types of books on tactics, those that introduce the concepts followed by some examples, and workbooks that contain numerous exercises. Chess masters and trainers Franco Masetti and Roberto Messa have done both: they explain the basic tactical ideas AND provide an enormous amount of exercises for each different theme.
Masetti and Messa have created a great first tactics book. It teaches you how to:
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Chess Exercisesfor Beginners can also be used as a course text book,
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